Video and Multimedia

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Video 

Video 1: How Psychologists Use the Scientific Method

Summary: Theories, hypothesis, operational definitions, and replication. It is all covered in this video in which we discuss how psychologists use the scientific method to evaluate ideas.

Video 2: How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries

Summary: Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed.

 

Audio

Audio 1: What Makes Science a Science?

Summary: Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by “Bad Science” author Ben Goldacre, neuroscientist Sophie Scott and broadcaster Evan Davis to ask what makes a science a science. They will be asking whether the scientific method can be applied to topics such as history and politics, and whether subjects like economics and social sciences qualify as science at all.

Audio 2: The Scientific Method

Summary: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the evolution of the scientific method, the systematic and analytical approach to scientific thought. It became a topic of intense debate in the 17th century, and thinkers such as Isaac Newton, Thomas Huxley and Karl Popper all made important contributions.

Audio 3: Sherlock Homes and the Scientific Method

Summary: US psychologist and author Maria Konnikova takes a close look at how the fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, approaches problem solving and suggests that by adopting his methods we can improve our everyday thinking and decision making.