AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -/ˌfɑːl.sə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ the action of changing something, such as a document, in order to deceive people: falsification of evidence. The couple was charged with falsification of documents.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of fabrication or falsification include the following: Artificially creating data when it should be collected from an actual experiment. Unauthorized altering or falsification of data, documents, images, music, art or other work.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Falsification Principle, proposed by Karl Popper, is a way of demarcating science from non-science. It suggests that for a theory to be considered scientific it must be able to be tested and conceivably proven false. For example, the hypothesis that “all swans are white, ” can be falsified by observing a black swan.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abstract. “Falsification” is to be understood as the refutation of statements, and in contrast, “verification” refers to statements that are shown to be true. The goal of science is to create knowledge by identifying true statements as true (verified) and false statements as false (falsified).