Approaches

• Psychology = "The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes and how these are affected by internal and external factors" (IB definition)
• Science = "The pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world, following a systematic methodology based on evidence"
• Features of science


  • Universal paradigm
  • Theory construction
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Deduction
  • Falsification
  • Replicability
  • Objectivity
  • Empirical method