AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This is a self-correcting process for asking questions and observing nature’s answer.
A
The observational method
B
the theory method
C
the scientific method
D
the hypothetical method
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The notion of a self-correcting science is based on the naive model of science as an objective process that incorporates new information and updates beliefs about the world depending on the available evidence. When new information suggests that old beliefs are false, the old beliefs are replaced by new beliefs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The scientific method A self-correcting. process for asking questions and observing. nature’s answer.

Detailed explanation-3: -From theories, specific hypotheses are developed and tested. As a function of this testing, theories will be revisited and modified or refined to generate new hypotheses that are again tested. This cyclical process ultimately allows for more and more precise (and presumably accurate) information to be collected.

Detailed explanation-4: -The scientific method is an organized process to do science. The scientific method uses an experiment to test a hypothesis.

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