features of a science

• paradigms - set of shared ideas
• paradigm shift - change from one view to another - move from behaviourist to cognitive
• paradigms - kuhn - needs to follow only one paradigm to be scientific - argued that psychology follows numerous paradigms and can't be scientific
• theory construction - general set of principles and laws which can be used to explain behaviours
• falsifiability - theory cannot be scientific unless it allows it self to be proven false
• replicability - refer to extent which scientific methods and results can be repeated
• objectivity - when possible biases is minimised
• against - interpretations cna be subjective