 | Guiding Thought Question: Based on what you know of psychology and other sciences would you say that psychology is a Soft Science, or a Hard Science? Explain. Soft Science: Uses scientific methods but through investigation it may be difficult to establish strictly measurable criteria. Today's learning Objective: Students will be able to describe the role of different research methods and how the scientific method is used in psychological research. Students will take notes on the theories of psychological research methods and then find an experiment and answer application style critical thinking questions. |
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7 Comments
Lucy Kitta
9/13/2016 11:58:15 am
Psychology is a soft science because it uses processes to try and explain something such as a behavior, but the results of that process are not like a formula or exact thing, they can vary quite a lot and have open ends on the question that cannot be answered.
Mason
9/13/2016 11:58:56 am
A soft science, it uses scientific methods and experiments but its hard to establish solid results.
Emily Madden
1/24/2017 11:46:36 am
Soft science because, yes it does use the scientific method, but it doesn't come back with a solid answer, some of the practices could be left open ended with many questions
Sheldon
1/24/2017 01:03:44 pm
Soft Science because a certain answer is not guaranteed unlike chemistry and physics.
Jenna
1/24/2017 01:12:41 pm
Psychology is a soft science because the answers aren't guaranteed.
madison
1/24/2017 01:15:07 pm
A soft science because it's dealing with people and their emotions and their actions unlike chemistry where it's dealing with science and definite objects.
Jordan
1/24/2017 01:15:26 pm
Psychology is soft science because there are no guaranteed results and there are a lot of questions that aren't always answered. Leave a Reply. |
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