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Originally Posted by teevee
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Originally Posted by albert_dao
But in the end, and I do say this with a lot of personal conviction, I don't think of psychology as a science. That's just a personal thing. I know a lot of you will dissagree with me and that's okay. I have my reasons.
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Can we discuss your reasons? Many people have a very dated view of psychology, ie. Alderian, Freudian. If you define science the same way the scientific community (physics, biology, genetics, chemistry, physiology, etc.) does, then psychology is a science. It's just that simple. I guess it's not that big of a deal, but it does bother me. I will tell you right now though that my area of interest is about as far removed from traditional psychology as you can get. You might be surprised how many branches there are to psychology now. An extremely diverse field of study. |
Sorry, I was in a bit of a rush to play SC, so I gave a half assed comment.
To me, psychology's endless failure to produce definitive predictions for behavior clearly outdates it as a science, making it more ideological observation and theorem. That's a nice step in the right direction, but that's about it. I don't know how else to explain it without using movie clips and sound bits that I no longer have access to.
I'll be open minded about this though, maybe there's something big that I'm missing here.