After selecting a study and participating in it, see if you can discuss how this study meets the criteria for the scientific method. What were the key ingredients?

Begin by participating in one of the psychological research studies provided from the links in this week’s resources. The first resource includes a link to historical and landmark research studies in the field of psychology. The second includes current studies that are being conducted within the field of social psychology. The third and final link is to a listing of the top 10 psychology experiments in a wide variety of areas within the field of psychology.

After selecting a study and participating in it, see if you can discuss how this study meets the criteria for the scientific method. What were the key ingredients?

In your Commons post, include a description of what the word pseudoscience means, and provide an example of this type of finding from a research study within the field of psychology or another related field. Briefly detail why this study does not meet the criteria for science and what steps were overlooked, along with some discussion regarding why the results are not readily accepted within the larger scientific community. Where is the flaw in the method, logic, or conclusions of the study? What, if anything, could you do to remedy this – for example, how might you make the method more scientific and/or provide conclusions that are more logical and scientific?

no plagiarism

Length: 2-3 pages with references included at the bottom

reference Include a minimum of 2 scholarly resources

https://psychcentral.com/blog/9-pioneers-who-helped-mold-the-history-of-psychology

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-pseudoscience/

https://www.socialpsychology.org/expts.htm#sjudgment

https://shibboleth.gale.com/Shibboleth.sso/SAML2/POST