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5 Characteristics That Make Psychology a Science
Pros and Cons
Some terms coming at'cha
Dudes of Psychology
100
The idea that you need evidence in order to make a claim, constantly questioning
What is Skepticism
100
One con of an observational study
What is Allows researcher little/no control Observations may be biased Does not prove cause/effect
100
A test is this if it measures what it sets out to measure
What is Valid
100
First person to start thinking about psychology, believed that the mind is seperate from the body
What is Socrates
200
You have to decide exactly what you want to find out so you can build an experiment that tests the correct thing.
What is Precision
200
One con of a psychological test
What is Difficult to construct tests that are reliable, valid, AND unbiased
200
A test is this it is able to produce the ame results from one place to the next, one scorer to another
What is reliable
200
Student of Plato, thought knowledge is gathered from experience, not 'within' us
What is Aristotle
300
You have to design an experiment that can be proven, and also be DISPROVEN. Example: if your hypothesis is “germs are spread through handshakes”, you will need to prove that, but also be able to demonstrate when it does not work.
What is Falsifiability (or the willingness to make risky predictions)
300
One pro of a survey
What is Gathers HUGE data
300
Other reasons the data might be the way it is, something maybe we didnt consider or account for
What is Cofounding Variables
300
Believed that the human mind was a blank slate or tabula rosa, also influenced the Framers of the US Constitution
What is John Locke
400
The idea that secrecy is a bad thing, and all your results must be shared.
What is Openness
400
One con of an experiment
What is Situation is artificial, results may not generalize Experimenter effects may interfere with results
400
A group in an experiment that stays the same and recieves the placebo
What is the Control Group
400
Founder of psychoanalytic psychologly
What is Sigmund Freud
500
All psychological studies must rely on this
What is Emperical Evidence
500
One pro of a case study
What is In depth info Unusual cases can shed light on situations or problems that unethical or impractical to study with other methods
500
Example of psychobabble that involves interpreting a persons handwriting
What is Graphology
500
American and founder of functionalism
What is William James