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Learning Objectives

If you got full / high marks on this essay you will be spending this lesson completing some short answer questions which you will need to print off from st marys psyweb. Learning Objectives. To apply knowledge of ‘Psychology and Science’ to an examination question

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Learning Objectives

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  1. If you got full / high marks on this essay you will be spending this lesson completing some short answer questions which you will need to print off from st marys psyweb Learning Objectives • To apply knowledge of ‘Psychology and Science’ to an examination question • (SOME of you will be improving your essays if you submitted them!) Do Now= PSYCH AS A SCIENCE: Name three features of the scientific approach and a topic which highlights each

  2. Starter: re-cap • Each one of the sentences sums up how a different debate relates to Psychology as a Science, which relates to which debate? • Causality, prediction etc • Isolating variables to enable replication and objective measurement • Enabling generalisation and theory building

  3. Psychology and Science: the debates • determinism - causality, prediction etc • reductionism – isolating variables to enable replication and objective measurement • nomothetic approach – to enable generalisation and theory building

  4. Introduction • Common student error: ‘Discussions about whether or not psychology is a science in any scientific approach question’ • CONSIDER THESE QUESTIONS WHAT ARE THEY ASKING? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?: THINK, PAIR, SHARE • Identify and discuss reasons why psychology should adopt the scientific approach. (12 marks) • ‘Psychology is a science.’ Discuss this statement. In your answer, refer to at least two perspectives in psychology (12 marks) • Discuss at least two limitations of applying the scientific approach to the study of human behaviour. Refer to examples from psychology in your answer. (12 marks)

  5. Main: Identify and discuss reasons why psychology should adopt the scientific approach. (12 marks) • How should this question be approached? • You are talking about reasons why (or why not) psychology should do everything according to the scientific approach: • Paradigm, Theory / Hypothesis testing, Empiricism, General Laws / Principles

  6. An example: Identify and discuss reasons why psychology should adopt the scientific approach. (12 marks) • One of the key features of the scientific approach to subject matter is that the subject should attempt to discover general laws and principles. In this respect it can be said that psychology should adopt the scientific method because as the main aim of research is to suggest general laws of behaviour which can be applied to the whole population. • However, such general laws and principles may not be relevant in incidences of human behaviour which are infrequent for example, Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation states…

  7. Main: Identify and discuss reasons why psychology should adopt the scientific approach. (12 marks) • TASK: work in pairs to plan your answer to this question, it was done terribly last year, they may ask it again! • REMEMBER: you are talking about reasons why (or why not) psychology should do everything according to the scientific approach: • Paradigm, Theory / Hypothesis testing, Empiricism, General Laws / Principles

  8. Plenary: Feedback • Feedback point from each group • Identify and discuss reasons why psychology should adopt the scientific approach. (12 marks)

  9. Homework essay: Mark Scheme • [AO1 = 4 marks, AO2 = 8 marks] • Candidates can respond to this question in a variety of ways. Many candidates will identify as reasons (AO1) the features of science, and gain AO2 credit for discussion of these as reasons psychology should be a science. Others will respond to the question more directly identifying as AO1 the material listed in the mark scheme as AO2 and gain AO2 credit for discussion of these. • AO1 Up to four marks for knowledge and understanding of features of the scientific approach; theory construction; hypothesis testing; general laws; empirical methods of testing; replicability; definable subject matter; paradigm. Credit description of relevant evidence, 1 mark. • AO2 Up to 8 marks for arguments why psychology should /should not adopt the scientific approach. Arguments for greater understanding and knowledge at a theoretical level; objective and empirical support for a theory; allows for progress within the discipline; adds to creditability/scientific status; practical applications to behaviour; prediction and control of behaviour; replication. Possible counter arguments may address the difficulty of applying a scientific approach to the study of humans and problems such as the control of variables; demand characteristics; ethical issues including dehumanization; constraints and mechanistic view of humans; artificiality of environments; reductionism; determinism; unobservable subject matter and subjective private experience. • Credit use of relevant evidence

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