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Investigating the psychological world : scientific method in the behavioral sciences / Brian D. Haig.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Life and mind : philosophical issues in biology and psychologyPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : a Bradford book, The MIT Press, [2014]Description: xix, 197 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0262027364
  • 9780262027366
Other title:
  • Investigating the psychological world : scientific method in the behavioural sciences
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.721 23
LOC classification:
  • BF76.5 .H335 2014
Contents:
1. Method, methodology and realism -- 2. Detecting psychological phenomena -- 3. Theory generation: exploratory factor analysis -- 4. Theory development: analogical modelling -- 5. Theory appraisal: inference to the best explanation -- 6. Conclusion -- --
1. Method, methodology and realism -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Criticisms of the idea of scientific method -- 1.3. Four theories of scientific method -- 1.4. The nature of methodology -- 1.5. Scientific realism -- 1.6. An overview of the abductive theory of method -- 1.7. Conclusion -- -- 2. Detecting psychological phenomena -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The nature of phenomena -- 2.3. Procedures for phenomena detection -- 2.4. Reasoning from data to phenomena -- 2.5. Phenomena detection and the nature of psychological science -- 2.6. Implications for psychological research -- 2.7. Conclusions -- -- 3. Theory generation: exploratory factor analysis -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The inferential nature of exploratory factor analysis -- 3.3. Common factor analysis and scientific method -- 3.4. Exploratory factor analysis, phenomena detection and explanatory theories -- 3.5. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis -- 3.6. Summary and conclusion -- -- 4. Theory development: analogical modelling -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Types of models -- 4.3. Data, models, and theories -- 4.4. The functions of models -- 4.5. Modelling an ATOM -- 4.6. Analogical modelling -- 4.7. Analogical abduction -- 4.8. The dramaturgical model -- 4.9. Conclusion -- -- 5. Theory appraisal: inference to the best explanation -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Inference to the best explanation -- 5.3. Two criticisms of inference to the best explanation -- 5.4. Inference to the best explanation and other methods of theory appraisal -- 5.5. The proper scope of inference to the best explanation -- 5.6. Implications for psychology -- 5.7. Conclusion -- -- 6. Conclusion -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. A coda on scientific problems -- 6.3. Two fundamental commitments of ATOM -- 6.4. Phenomena detection and theory construction again -- 6.5. Two applications of ATOM -- 6.6. ATOM defended and clarified -- 6.7. Scientific method and education -- 6.8. Final word.
Summary: "This book considers scientific method in the behavioral sciences, with particular reference to psychology. Psychologists learn about research methods and use them to conduct their research, but their training teaches them little about the nature of scientific method itself. In Investigating the Psychological World, Brian Haig fills this gap. Drawing on behavioral science methodology, the philosophy of science, and statistical theory, Haig constructs a broad theory of scientific method that has particular relevance for the behavioral sciences. "--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Method, methodology and realism -- 2. Detecting psychological phenomena -- 3. Theory generation: exploratory factor analysis -- 4. Theory development: analogical modelling -- 5. Theory appraisal: inference to the best explanation -- 6. Conclusion -- --

1. Method, methodology and realism -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Criticisms of the idea of scientific method -- 1.3. Four theories of scientific method -- 1.4. The nature of methodology -- 1.5. Scientific realism -- 1.6. An overview of the abductive theory of method -- 1.7. Conclusion -- -- 2. Detecting psychological phenomena -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The nature of phenomena -- 2.3. Procedures for phenomena detection -- 2.4. Reasoning from data to phenomena -- 2.5. Phenomena detection and the nature of psychological science -- 2.6. Implications for psychological research -- 2.7. Conclusions -- -- 3. Theory generation: exploratory factor analysis -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The inferential nature of exploratory factor analysis -- 3.3. Common factor analysis and scientific method -- 3.4. Exploratory factor analysis, phenomena detection and explanatory theories -- 3.5. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis -- 3.6. Summary and conclusion -- -- 4. Theory development: analogical modelling -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Types of models -- 4.3. Data, models, and theories -- 4.4. The functions of models -- 4.5. Modelling an ATOM -- 4.6. Analogical modelling -- 4.7. Analogical abduction -- 4.8. The dramaturgical model -- 4.9. Conclusion -- -- 5. Theory appraisal: inference to the best explanation -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Inference to the best explanation -- 5.3. Two criticisms of inference to the best explanation -- 5.4. Inference to the best explanation and other methods of theory appraisal -- 5.5. The proper scope of inference to the best explanation -- 5.6. Implications for psychology -- 5.7. Conclusion -- -- 6. Conclusion -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. A coda on scientific problems -- 6.3. Two fundamental commitments of ATOM -- 6.4. Phenomena detection and theory construction again -- 6.5. Two applications of ATOM -- 6.6. ATOM defended and clarified -- 6.7. Scientific method and education -- 6.8. Final word.

"This book considers scientific method in the behavioral sciences, with particular reference to psychology. Psychologists learn about research methods and use them to conduct their research, but their training teaches them little about the nature of scientific method itself. In Investigating the Psychological World, Brian Haig fills this gap. Drawing on behavioral science methodology, the philosophy of science, and statistical theory, Haig constructs a broad theory of scientific method that has particular relevance for the behavioral sciences. "--Publisher's website.

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