C h a p t e r introduction to Scientific Research

Key Terms and
Concepts
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Introduction to Scientific Research
Authority
Control
Deduction
Description
Determinism
Discoverability
Duhem–Quine principle
Empirical adequacy
Empiricism
Explanation
Falsificationism
Hypothesis testing
Induction
Intuition
Logic of discovery
Logic of justification
Logical positivism
Meta-analysis
Multiple operationalism
Naturalism
Normal science
Objectivity
Operational definition
Operationalism
Operationalization
Paradigm
Placebo effect
Prediction
Probabilistic causes
Pseudoscience
Rationalism
Reality in nature
Replication
Research program
Revolutionary science
Science
Theory
Related
Internet Sites
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/humbeh.html
This Internet site gives a short summary of the training and scientific contributions
made by 11 scientists who figure very prominently in the history of psychology. This
site also gives a brief discussion of a number of discoveries made by scientists from
the early 1900s to 1993 that have significantly impacted the field of psychology.
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http://quasar.as.utexas.edu/BillInfo/Quack.html
This Internet site has an entertaining discussion on a number of flaws that charac-
terize “bogus” theories.
http://psychology.wadsworth.com/workshops/workshops.html
This Internet site gives a link to a workshop in statistics and research methods. For
Chapter 1, go to this Internet site and click on the Web page link corresponding to
the workshop titled “Research Methods Workshops.” Then click on the “What Is
Science?” link.