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What factors may distort the outcome of psychological investigations? What implications does this have for whether psychology is a science?
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What factors may distort the outcome of psychological investigations? What implications does this have for whether psychology is a science? Psychological research is used to discover what, how and why something has happened. This aids the formation of theories and enables psychologists to predict what may happen in the future. This essay will look at four different methods of research available; The experimental method, questionnaires, interviews and direct observation and evaluate each with reference to factors such as reliability and validity. It will conclude by looking at the debate of whether psychology can be seen as a scientific discipline based on the preceding argument. Research in psychology has two main goals. The first is to provide a description of human behaviour and its underlying psychological processes and the second is to provide an explanation for that behaviour. There are many methods of research used to generate sufficient evidence in order...
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