scientific method

• science is about establishing truths and objectivity
• scientific research is objective and independant of beliefs and opinions
• should use empirical methods based on data
• science answers questions and tests hypothesis
• scientific prcess - ask question - suggest an answer - make a hypothesis - carry out a test
• peer review - used to ensure the integrity of published scientific work
• peer review helps keep scientists honest and validate concerns
• popper - all theories should be falsifable - proven wrong
• science uses paradigms - set of beliefs - one truth
• kuhn - if it wants to be a science it needs one paradigm - psychology does not have that
• psychological research can impact the economy - research into sleep helpign with shift work
• 5 steps of scientific process - aim - hypothesis - method - results - conclusion
• operationalisation - defining how to measure variables
• features of a science - hypothesis testing - empirical evidence - falsifiability - replicability - control - objectivity - theory construction
• is it a science - yes - allport has the same aims - yes behaviourism, cog and bio are scientific
• is it a science no - other approaches are unscientific - no hard to be representiative - no due to effect of other variables