PSYB30H3 Lecture : Lecture 2
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To what extent is it logically and internally consistent. Theory needs to be consistent with data we"ve collected or will collect in the future. The explanatory scope of a particular theory. Some will explain more phenomena than others. We prefer the theory that explains more rather than less. Freudian psychoanalysis is a very comprehensive theory = attempts to explain alot. Comprehensiveness is purchased at a price because this means that we need to introduce more and more constructs = complicated. We prefer a theory that is simple and elegant\ You need a balance between comprehensiveness and parsimony. We prefer theory that generates solutions to human problem as opposed to a theory that. Psychoanalysis and behaviourism have been useful because they"ve generated forms of. Should provoke interest and generate new questions & research. Freud challenges our place in psychological universe. You are not the master of your fate, you have little control over your unconscious.
