UNIT 1: APPROACHES TO PSYCHOLOGY INTRODUCTION: THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY.
Psychology as a Natural Science
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Psychology as a Natural Science
“A branch of science that deals with the natural world”
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Psychology as a Natural Science
“A branch of science that deals with the natural world”
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Human? Natural? Both?
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What is Science?
✤ Relevant WoKs…
✤ Reason✤ Sense perception
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Science and non-science
✤ This is the same for the ‘boundaries’ between natural and human sciences…
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Scientific method... control freaks✤ Robert Boyle
✤ In a typical experiment, Boyle would note the place in which the experiment was carried out, the wind characteristics, the position of the Sun and Moon, and the barometer reading, all just in case they proved to be relevant.
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Knowledge Framework – Scope and applications
✤ HUGE impact on society and culture… but this works the other way too. ‘Science’ has a funny habit of finding evidence to support society’s prejudices.
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Concepts and language
✤ Many shared concepts and language in natural science (e.g. reductionism, empiricism etc).
✤ Each science has its own, often quite intimidating, terminology as well. E.g…
✤ “Neural correlates, neural instantiations, cortical localisations” all = ‘bits of the brain’
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Methodology
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Historical development✤ The graduate students [in his lab] were made to
swallow a stomach tube in the morning and keep it in place throughout the day. Apparently, many of them vomited at first …, before they gradually got used to it. In between their lectures and other activities they would report to the lab where hot water would be poured down the tube, and the subjects would introspect on the sensations they were experiencing. The process would be repeated with iced water.
Compare this to today’s ‘natural’ psychology…
Let’s try some introspection ourselves…
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‘Science’ in the past...✤ Much less rigorous standards than today