psychology as a science 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologypsychologyUniversityAll boards Created by: AlbanyPCreated on: 28-12-22 15:45 what does induction allow us to do? construct arguments 1 of 18 what is deductive logic? truth-preserving but cant tell us what is true and false 2 of 18 what does the Duhem-Quine problem state? what is at fault is an auxiliary assumption not your theory 3 of 18 popper's falsification theory suggests what? for a theory to be considered scientific, it must be able to be tested and conceivably proven false 4 of 18 what happens when falsification occurs? the protective belt is up for revision but the ********* stays intact 5 of 18 what is the Lakatos split? split guidelines for working within a research programme into a negative and positive heuristic 6 of 18 quantitative methods collect numerical data and use statistical tools 7 of 18 Operationalisation choosing a measurable proxy for the phenomenon you’re interested in 8 of 18 ways to understand causation a difference that makes a difference 9 of 18 what is discourse analysis? social study of language as used in talk, text, and other forms of communication 10 of 18 qualitative methods focus on meaning rather than measurement 11 of 18 verbal protocol analysis collecting and analysing verbal data on cognitive processing 12 of 18 what is ethnography? studying people in their naturally occurring setting 13 of 18 Phenomenology achieving an understanding of that phenomenon that has not been influenced by our prior beliefs 14 of 18 Credibility Can the data support the claims 15 of 18 Transferability Can the findings be transferred to similar contexts 16 of 18 Dependability Ensuring that researchers maintain a record of changes in the research process or research instrument over time 17 of 18 Confirmability Concerned with ensuring that the data used to support the conclusions are verifiable 18 of 18
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