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Psychology Chapter 1
1A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scientific ideas | aim to be objective • utilise and produce empirical evidence • are formed using the methods of science • use predictions, models, and theories that are provisional and verifiable to explain reality |
| non-scientific ideas | non-objective • unempirical • imprecise or vague • dogmatic (not open to questioning) • unverifiable. |
| non-scientific ideas formed on the basis of | anecdote (stories based on personal experience) • opinion (the view or perspective of someone not necessarily based on evidence) • intuition (something that one feels instinctively as opposed to arrives at through considered reasoning • hearsay |
| MODEL | Representation of a concept Simplifies concepts & makes them easier to understand Explains HOW something happens |
| THEORY | A proposition/idea/concept used to explain something Makes predictions about cause & effect Explains WHY something happens |