Psychology

Precision
Skepticism
Reliance on empirical evidence
Willingness to make “risky predictions”
Openness

Start out with a general theory
Derive a hypothesis

specify how the phenomena in question are to be observed and measured

Caution must be balanced by openness to new ideas and evidence

Must state an idea in such a way that it can be refuted, or disproved by counterevidence

Depends on the free flow of ideas and full disclosure of the procedures used in a study

an organized system of assumptions and principles that purports to explain certain phenomena and how they are related

a statement that attempts to describe or explain a given behavior

tendancy to look for and accept evidence that supports pet theories and assumptions and to ignore or reject evidence that contrdicts beliefs

a group of participants that accurately represents the larger population that the researcher is interested in