Is Psychology a Science? 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: BenCreated on: 03-06-13 13:51 What is science? A systematic study which involves observation, experiment and measurement, including the subject matter and the processes involved in studying it. 1 of 19 How many features should science involve? 5 2 of 19 What is falsification? Disproving 3 of 19 What is reductionism? Breaking down complex phenomenon into more simple components 4 of 19 Paradigm A guiding set of beliefs, accepted by most scientists in a given discipline 5 of 19 Scientific subject matter Something that can be studied in objective way 6 of 19 What contents in the social approach is scientific? The role of evolution, evolved to obey rule based behaviour 7 of 19 What methods in the social approach are scientific? Lab experiments, quantitative data 8 of 19 Is obedience in the social approach scientific? No 9 of 19 What contents in the cognitive approach is scientific? Memory 10 of 19 What methods in the cognitive approach is scientific? Lab experiments 11 of 19 Is forgetting scientific? No 12 of 19 Is a natural experiment scientific? No 13 of 19 In the biological approach are: the central nervous system, genes, hormones and brain lateralisation scientific? Yes 14 of 19 Is the nature vs nurture debate in the biological approach scientific? No 15 of 19 What is scientific about the psychodynamic approach? Id is a biological instinct 16 of 19 In the learning approach which methods are scientific? Lab experiments, using animals 17 of 19 Which are more scientific in the learning approach: Classical and operant conditioning 18 of 19 In the psychodynamic approach what methods are unscientific? Case studies, dream Analysis and observations 19 of 19
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