Alternatives to the scientific approach
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- Created on: 14-09-15 17:16
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- Criticisms of the scientific appoach
- Critics claim: The notion of objectivity is a myth
- Past experiences, beliefs and ideas make it impossible to be objective about the data.
- Psychologists face the trafitional problem of studying people and are therefore gathering information in a social context.
- Past experiences, beliefs and ideas make it impossible to be objective about the data.
- As the emphasis on control - the traditional approach tends to treat people as passive participants
- the emphisis on recording one aspect of behaviour ignores experience of participants
- They are not asked what else they feel or think.
- Any information gained from this approach is therefore likely to be superficial
- They are not asked what else they feel or think.
- the emphisis on recording one aspect of behaviour ignores experience of participants
- The scientific appoarch emphasises control and so attmpts to study one variable
- critics suggest this is not possible
- e.g how can one aspect of somes memory be studied in isolation from past experiances and current feelings?
- As the emphasis on control - the traditional approach tends to treat people as passive participants
- the emphisis on recording one aspect of behaviour ignores experience of participants
- They are not asked what else they feel or think.
- Any information gained from this approach is therefore likely to be superficial
- They are not asked what else they feel or think.
- the emphisis on recording one aspect of behaviour ignores experience of participants
- As the emphasis on control - the traditional approach tends to treat people as passive participants
- e.g how can one aspect of somes memory be studied in isolation from past experiances and current feelings?
- critics suggest this is not possible
- Tends to study people in unnatural settings
- Participants are treated as if their behaviours can be isolated from the social context
- Critics claim, what is being studied us unusual behaviour (demand characteristics)
- Participants are treated as if their behaviours can be isolated from the social context
- People cannot be studied in the same way as physical things
- Critics claim: The notion of objectivity is a myth
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