Summary: Shortcomings of falsificationism are illustrated with respect to the process of hypothesis-testing in experimental psychology. In contrast to falsificationism, holism is introduced as a theoretical position which a) is able to solve logical ...
Research in psychology. Its disciplinary matrix as compared to physics, biology, and social scienceThe present study explores the disciplinary matrix of psychology (see Kuhn, 1974, 1978) in terms of research methods and compares it to the matrices of ...
Where Are the Scientific Standards for High-Quality Replication Studies?Abstract. There is wide consensus that replication affords an important instrument for identifying valid findings and solid research approaches. However, if replication research ...
A Historical Perspective on Sport Psychology in Germany: Circulation, Progress, or …? An Epistemological Analysis of Selected ParadigmsAbstract. Sport psychology in the German-speaking countries can look back on a history of over 50 ...
This paper tries to demonstrate that the truthfulness and usefulness of psychology as a science, although clearly distinguishable, can and often do go together very well. The criteria for the two concepts are relevance and veracity, respectively. Each of ...