... truths and prejudices that cloud the human perspective. Positivists believe that their way of researching issues helps to distinguish good solutions from current fads. Positivist views on research are often associated with the beliefs of the French philosopher Comte who, along with many early positivists were very doubtful of the existence of things that one can not see or hear. Therefore, in their eyes the study of feelings or human behaviour was not considered valid within the scientific approach. Watson and Skinner's research into behaviourism within the field of psychology was very much a product of this line of thought. Popper introduced the idea that theories within science should be "falsifiable". The basis behind this idea is that all hypotheses should be tested rigorously to try to prove that they are wrong. He argued that finding confirmation for a hypothesis was too easy and that people often ignored or overlooked ...

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