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Features of science

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the cycle of science, what comes first?

a)

Produce laws and theories

b)

Test with experiments

c)

Make observations

d)

Generate a hypothesis

2.

How many features of science are there?

a)

2

b)

8

c)

4

d)

3

3.

What is an empirical method

a)

Statistical data or methods used by psychologists.

b)

A theory proposed by a psychologist

c)

A hypothesis proposed by a psychologist

4.

What does objectivity mean?

a)

Something based on opinions

b)

Something based on facts

5.

Does psychology have objectivity e.g. without opinion?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Yes and No

6.

Does psychology meet the key feature of science theory construction? e.g. do we have theories to propose?

a)

yes

b)

no

7.

What does falsification mean?

a)

If we can disprove a theory.

b)

If we can prove a theory

c)

If we are able to prove or disprove a theory

8.

Which psychologists work is unable to be falsified?

a)

Bandura

b)

Milgram

c)

Zimbardo

d)

Freud

9.

Does psychology meet the feature of science of hypothesis testing?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Yes and no

10.

What is a paradigm?

a)

Where we agree on one theory to explain behaviour

b)

Where we have several theories to explain behaviour