psych

research methodology

what is research methodology

- involves testing hypotheses and eliminate competing explanations in an attempt to achieve objective knowledge.

what does applying knowledge and skills related to research methods allow?

it allows you to be able to evaluate knowledge in specific areas of psychology and arrive at balanced conclusions, avoiding misconceptions and unjustified generalizations.

what is psychology?

the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes

what conditions need to be present in psychology?

• it should be back up by empirical (observable) evidence.

• it should be falsifiable- be possible for the theory to be proven wrong

• there ought to be a history of independant attempts to test the theory