Usefulness Of Psychological Research

Question 1

Strengths of useful research

Answer 1

Benefit society and help others

Enhances the reputation of psycholoy as a subject and therefore a science

Question 2

Weaknesses of useful research

Answer 2

.study may need to be unethical for it to be useful
.study may need to be low in ecological validity for it to be useful
.sometimes reductionist

Question 3

Examples of useful studies

And non useful

Answer 3

• Loftus and Palmer and Bandura — useful

- savage-rumbaugh

Question 4

Definition

Answer 4

Does the research lend itself to a efficient application; helping an individual or a society
Give examples (education system, parental guidance etc)