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WorksheetsFeatures of science
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In the cycle of science, what comes first?
Produce laws and theories
Test with experiments
Make observations
Generate a hypothesis
How many features of science are there?
2
8
4
3
What is an empirical method
Statistical data or methods used by psychologists.
A theory proposed by a psychologist
A hypothesis proposed by a psychologist
What does objectivity mean?
Something based on opinions
Something based on facts
Does psychology have objectivity e.g. without opinion?
Yes
No
Yes and No
Does psychology meet the key feature of science theory construction? e.g. do we have theories to propose?
yes
no
What does falsification mean?
If we can disprove a theory.
If we can prove a theory
If we are able to prove or disprove a theory
Which psychologists work is unable to be falsified?
Bandura
Milgram
Zimbardo
Freud
Does psychology meet the feature of science of hypothesis testing?
Yes
No
Yes and no
What is a paradigm?
Where we agree on one theory to explain behaviour
Where we have several theories to explain behaviour
