Emergence of Psychology as a science

• What does FORE stand for?

  Falsifiability, objectivity, replicability, empirical-methods.
• What is falsifiability?


  Possibility a hypothesis can be false
• What is objectivity?


  Results not affected by expectations or views of researcher
• What is replicability?


  Whether procedures can be repeated / replicated.
• What are empirical methods?


  Observation or testing to gain knowledge.
• What is the scientific approach in psychology?


  Use of scientific methods in controlled environments (to limit extraneous variables) in research which allows replicability.