Reporting and Psych as a Science

• Empirical


  A method of gaining knowledge which relies on direct observation or testing, not hearsay or rational argument.
• Falsifiability


  The possibility that a statement or hypothesis can be proved wrong.
• Paradigm


  ‘A shared set of assumptions about the subject matter of a discipline and the methods appropriate to its study’ (Kuhn, 1962).
• Peer review


  The practice of using independent experts to assess the quality and validity of scientific research and academic reports.