Multimedia Resources

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Video Links

  • A New Way To Explain Explanation
    YouTube video of a TED Talk presentation explaining in a narrative style the importance of the scientific method in explaining surrounding phenomena.
  • Basic and Applied Research: Definitions and Differences
    YouTube video explaining the differences between applied and basic research by way of examples in behavioral psychology
  • Is Psychology a Science?                                                                                 
    YouTube video discusses if psychology is a science by describing the history of psychology experiments, how psychology as a science has evolved over time, and why psychology today is considered a science

Audio Links

Web Resources

  • Legitimate Psychological Science                                                                        
  • This APA article describes what is good science in psychology
  • The Science of Psychology and its Research Methods                                      
  • This PDF from Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne provides definitions of the scientific method, pseudoscience, methodological approaches in psychology’s history, and psychology’s roots in philosophy and science
  • What is Pseudoscience?                                                                                       
    This Scientific American article discusses why distinguishing between science and pseudoscience is problematic