Observations of natural world using specific and objective methods of measuring
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What is psychology defined as?
Systematic investigation of affective, behavioural and cognitive systems and their interaction in a variety of animals and contexts
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What did Watson emphasise?
The importance of the natural world and thought that psychology should be more like natural sciences in the way they conduct research
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What was psychology originally thought to be?
Studying the mind-something can't see and so not natural world, however, psychology does appear to adopt the scientific method
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What was Wundt considered?
The founder of psychology in 1879
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What did Early psychologists use?
Observation whereas no use methods to study, showing progression to science
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What will this essay discus?
The extent to which psychology is a science
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What is the conclusion?
Think it is due to the fact psychology uses precise and scientific means to test hypothesis
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What is paragraph 1?
The main component of a science is having precise and objective methodology to test hypothesis and theories (Lawson, 2007)
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How does psychology do this?
Behaviourism for example lends itself to scientific methodology given to various theories, e.g theories of learning and principles explaining behaviours e.g. Law of effect presented by Thorndike (1898)
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What does Cognitive psychology adopt?
Scientific approach relies heavily on using specialised, objective equipment, eg: EEG
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What does Biological and developmental also do?
Follow scientific methodology
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For example, McDermott et al (2018)
PTSD veterans who suffered from PTSD, they demonstrated amygdala hyperactivity while viewing threatening faces, A MEG study
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What did Kline (1998) argue?
Sun disciplines in psychology which moves these aspects of psychology into true science
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There are parts of Social science as suggested by Gareau, 1987 which are?
Not a science, if science is hypothesis testing then surely psychology is a science, as follows these values are measured objectively
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What is the second paragraph?
Animal studies Vs human studies
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What was suggested?
Sife and Williams (1997) say some methods said in science not appropriate when studying humans
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For example?
May be unethical and often experiments are considered dehumanising
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What is psychology defined as?
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Systematic investigation of affective, behavioural and cognitive systems and their interaction in a variety of animals and contexts
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