Debate: Is Psychology A Science?

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Is Psychology a Science???
- What is Science?
  - Science is a systematic study which involves observation, experiment and measurement
- Falsification
- Reductionism
  - breaking complex things down to make it more simple
    - science typically takes a reductionist approach
- Scientific Subject Matter
  - something that can be studied
    - most things in psycho cant be studied scientifically
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A science should involve the following 5 features:
- Hypothetico Deductive Model
  - Falsification
    - Reductionism
- What is Science?
  - Science is a systematic study which involves observation, experiment and measurement
Paradigm
Scientific Subject matter
Falsification
can you test the hypothesis?
- can you prove it wrong?
  - is it useful if you can't falsify it?
    - eg. are all swans white
Paradigm
- a guiding set of beliefs accepted by a majority
- Is Psychology a Science???
  - Reductionism
    - breaking complex things down to make it more simple
      - science typically takes a reductionist approach
  - Scientific Subject Matter
    - something that can be studied
      - most things in psycho cant be studied scientifically
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can define how research is done, what methods are acceptable
- these can change due to more discoveries
there is not 1 followed paradigm in psychology

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