CAUSAL EXPLANATIONS

• WHY IS DETERMINISM IMPOLRTANT IN SCIENCE?

  basic principles of science state that every event has a cause
• WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING EVERY EVENT HAS A CAUSE?

  can lead to the formulation of laws which can help predict or control events
• WHAT DO LAB EXPERIMENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY ALLOW FOR?

  • control over extraneous variables
  • so any change in DV is definitely caused by manipulation of IV
  • cause and effect is established
  • emphasises causal explanation for behaviour