Human+Sciences

Back to HOME > IB TOK =TOK HUMAN SCIENCES= media type="custom" key="17959800" [|PERSONALITY TESTS] - try one of these. Review your personality results. Do you agree with the analysis? What did it get right or wrong? If there is time, do the Big Five test (at the same link above) for someone you know. Is the questionnaire a good experiment? According to Popper, it should be DISCUSSION What are some examples of the Human Sciences? How are they different from Natural Sciences? Can we use the Scientific Method in the HS? Are there other ways to investigate human activities?
 * testable
 * falsifiable
 * specific

[|ARE EMOTIONS PROPHETIC?] - Jonah Lehrer's blog about emotion vs reason predicting the winner of American Idol, the Dow Jones and the weather. Are you convinced by this research? Are you convinced by the explanation? Does this require more research?
 * An example of the sort of question HS might ask:**

**ACTIVITY** Make a list of five different questions which human sciences might ask. See some HS books in the library. eg: What are the differences between parents in different cultures? Does communism make better citizens? Is television a bad influence on children?

Choose an example of an interesting HS QUESTION. Develop a HYPOTHESIS. Make a PREDICTION. Devise an EXPERIMENT to test the question.