Psychology as a Science 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyApproachesA2/A-levelOCR Created by: catrionabucknell_Created on: 24-01-17 17:51 Empiricism information is gained from direct observation or experiment 1 of 12 Objectivity results are not biased or distorted by personal influences 2 of 12 Replicability similar results are consistently found when repeating the study 3 of 12 Control Relationships causal relationships can be established which can predict and control our world 4 of 12 Theory Construction general set of principles used to explain a specific observation 5 of 12 Induction particular to general - observation to theory 6 of 12 Deduction general to particular - theory to observation 7 of 12 Falsifiable theories are only disproved not proved supported by Popper 8 of 12 Thomas Kuhn 1962 psychology is a pseudoscience as it lacks a shared paradigm 9 of 12 Heisenberg 1927 impossible to observe anything without its behaviour changing 10 of 12 Ideographic treating patients individually 11 of 12 Nomothetic treating patients in a generalised way 12 of 12
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