Controversies: Is Psychology a Science?

Who said : “science is a system of statements based upon direct experience and controlled by experimental verification”?

• Roger Karring

• Rachel Karling

• Rolf Karin

• Rudolf Karneb

The philosopher that argued psychology was not a science but a pre-science.

• Tobias Kitting

• Thomas Kuhn

• Tony Kitchinger

• Tiger Woods

Karl Popper was another philosopher. He argued that Psychology could be a Science since most research, did what?

• Falsified statements

• Was logical

• Was well structured

• Was multi-cultural

Who defined psychology as : “a science of mind and behaviour”?

• James Bailey

• Richard Gross

• Micheal Bohan

• Mike Turnball

In FORCE - F means?

• Fixation

• Flexibility

• Freedom

• Falsification

In Force, O refers to?

• Outstanding

• Objective

• Over-structured

• Open structure

In FORCE, R refers to?

• Replication

• Reliability

• Reactive

• Reliance

In FORCE, C refers to?

• Conflicting

• Confounding

• Creativity

• Control

E in FORCE refers to?

• Excellent

• Exceptional

• Empirical

• Encompassed

Psychology has changed over the course of history? When first established in the late 1800’s psychology mirrored biology in being?

• ideographic

• Nomothetic

• Wide-ranging

• Diverse