Psychological Research Concepts

noun the quality of being objective; unbiased or impartial

adjective objective

• Maintaining objectivity is crucial in scientific research to ensure accurate results.
• It's important to stay objective when analyzing the situation.
• Don't let your biases get in the way, try to stay objective.
• Seeing things with objectivity is like viewing the world through a clear lens.

adjective able to be tested or examined

• The hypothesis must be testable in order to conduct a valid scientific experiment.
• If the theory is not testable, we won't be able to prove it.
• You gotta make sure your idea is testable before presenting it to the team.
• Her patience was put to the testable when dealing with the difficult customer.

adjective describing a lack of bias or prejudice; fair and impartial

• The research study was conducted in an unbiased manner to ensure accurate results.
• I always try to give unbiased opinions when my friends ask for advice.
• It's hard to find unbiased news sources these days.
• She approached the situation with an unbiased perspective, seeing all sides of the argument.

adjective relating to or involving the formulation of general laws or principles, as distinguished from idiosyncratic or particular instances

• The nomothetic approach in psychology aims to establish general laws or principles that apply to a group of individuals.
• Researchers using the nomothetic method study large groups of people to find common patterns or trends.
• Nomothetic research is all about finding the 'big picture' in a scientific study.
• In a nomothetic sense, we can see how certain societal norms shape our behaviors and beliefs.