• Reason
Can we assume that human beings are rational animals?
No, because being rational is dependant on the person and the situation they are in, as some people are experiencing certain situations that play a role and provoke their actions, making them do something irrational. Humans are irrational beings, because reason may play a part and the human may overlook logic.
• Emotion
How can a social scientist avoid becoming emotionally involved?
- A social scientist's job is linked with the interaction with other individuals, as it is said in its name "Social". Experiments that take place would normally have no harm whatsoever on the patient, however some experiments leave the scientist engaging with the patient on a emotional level. And to avoid that from happening, the scientist must not be engaged as a part of the experiment, and another aspect would be making sure that there is no associations between participant and the scientist, to make sure that there is no chance of any emotional feelings interfering with the experiment.
Ethics
How do ethical factors limit experiments?
- Ethical factors are implemented to ensure that the experiments that take place do not go beyond any human right ( psychological effects). With that however does come the con of it which is the limitation it brings to the study. While each experiment has their own aim, scientist would want to be able and go deeper in terms of knowledge, however the ethical factor does limit them to take such precautions.
• Language:
Can questionnaire be written in a neutral language?
Yes, I believe so, while it does depend on the type of questionnaires that are being presented. But nevertheless, it can be written in neutral language. An example of it would be the way it is written in terms of the balance it has. If the questionnaire is on a product and the options are "Good- Brilliant -Perfect" there isn't a lot of other options of emotions, in contrast to the questionnaire being a score rating etc..
