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Psychology: A Scientific Discipline - Coggle Diagram
Psychology: A Scientific Discipline
Key features of Science
Empirical Evidence
Objectivity
Scientific causality
Systematic exploration
Replication
Predicatability
History of Psychology as a Science
Psychology begins as a branch of Philosophy
Psychology emerges as a separate discipline (1879)
Emergence of structuralism
Emergence of funtionalism
Emergence of Psychoanalysis
Emergence of behaviourism
Emergence of humanistic psychology
Emergence of cognitivism
Research methods in Psychology
Experimental method
Survey method
Observation method
Case study method
Correlation studies
Positive correlation
Negative correlation
Zero correlation
Challenges in establishing Psychology as a science
Pre-paradigmatic state
Issues related to objectivity and validity
Issues related to predictability and replicability
Objectifying hu
Importance of rationality
Understanding self-interest and social interest
Self direction
Tolerance
Flexibility
Self-acceptance and self-responsibility
Three groups of science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Chemistry
Geology
Biological Sciences
Zoology
Botany
Physiology
Social Sciences
Psychology
Sociology
Economics