I read an article recently that psychology is not really science and all its claims aren't true. I forget what journal. Is that true? I've always thought that Psychology is for stupid people.
2006-12-08 05:13:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Psychology is generally accepted as a legitimate field of science, although it is often considered a "soft" science as compared to math, physics, chemistry, etc.
2006-12-08 05:15:11 · answer #1 · answered by Ken D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Psychology is a science. All studies in Psychology employ empirical and statistical methods, just like any other science. Some things are not readily tangible, like in the "hardcore" sciences (i.e. Physics, Chemistry, and others). However, because empircal and statistical methods are employed, the significance of findings can be based off of probabilities that are derived from these statistical methods. This works the same in ALL sciences.
Also, "hardcore" sciences are not without their intangibles. One example that comes to mind is String Theory in Physics. The mathematics hold for this theory. However, by our current means, we have no way to ascertaining its validity.
Dude, it's time to stop listening to Tom Cruise and wake up to reality. How about this: start reading some research articles in Psychology and realize that this is a true science.
2006-12-08 06:51:40 · answer #2 · answered by EruditeGuy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Whether it's a "true" science or not is debatable. Psychologists will admit it was once a pseudoscience with a lot of "guessing", however psychologists will explain psychology has evolved by merging with neuroscience and biology. A psychology textbook has a lot of brain diagrams, chemical reactions to memorize, etc... It has become more hard science than it used to be.
Students at my university, did used to give psychology majors a hard time and tell them they were picking the "easy major", because that major is...well...it's true...it's easy. Partly, because it's so interesting, and partly, because, well, reading other people's advice, fascinating surveys, case studies, etc are more simple than majoring in Chemistry, Math, History, etc.
2006-12-08 23:29:36 · answer #3 · answered by Mary Jane 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Say what you will, Psychologist make an assload of money.
If Psychology is for stupid people, why do you need to go to University and get a degree to practice it?
Indeed, Psychology is not a "hard" science, it is still a science nonetheless.
Yes Psychology has a lot of theories, but so does Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Astrology, etc.
2006-12-08 05:15:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) Please stop lumping all of psychology into one bag.
2) Neuropsychology, psychiatry, clinical psychology, behavioral psychology, industrial/organizational psychology: they all deal with different aspects, require different levels of degrees, and are considered "softer" or "harder" sciences based on the extent to which they can perform unbiased research to "prove" their theories.
3) Whomever said that "Psychologist make a lot of money" hasn't recently researched the mean income of most psychology-related professions (after receiving a Masters or Doctorate degree).
4) Psychologists tend to clonclude studies with uncertain terms, such as "more research must be done" because we don't tend to dilude ourselves into thinking that one study or group of studies = the final answer to everything. We leave the ending open for change as newer methods and ideas are added to the pool of knowledge.
2006-12-08 06:30:42 · answer #5 · answered by mhapppy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it wasn't "Scientology and you" was it?
Seriously psychology is based on clinical testing and thousands of hours of patient care. They don't just make this stuff up.
There are many people out there that need professional help and medication in order to balance their lives. Scientology and it's supporters don't care about people but only about money. Psychologists would recognize that someone has the mentallity of joining such a dangerous cult and put a stop to it. No wonder they deny psychology as a serious study.
2006-12-08 05:16:22 · answer #6 · answered by QuestionWyrm 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
slightly, yeah. I say that because of fact there's no longer a fashion for psychologists to truly get into the certainly techniques and degree and attempt the "emotions" happening there. additionally, each and each time i've got been everywhere close to a psychologist or psychiatrist, they ask loads of questions, and somewhat quickly they say ok, nicely i will see you next week. that's it! No medical technique has been utilized! No conclusions ever grew to alter into reached! And Carl Jung and Frued? They made that stuff up. they had to.
2016-10-14 06:54:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sigmond Fraud and Carl Junk. My spellings of course. Even psychologists call it an inexact science. Nothing, but nothing about it can be proven. But is it much different then Religion or Economics?
It is a science, and inexact and flux type of science to be sure.
2006-12-08 06:09:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well it is a social science..and sometimes the biological sciences don't have a lot of respect for social sciences. Because biology, chemistry, etc. are generally harder than psych, sociology, ..
2006-12-08 05:15:23 · answer #9 · answered by goldengirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally I think that all modern science is pseudoscience. They like to turn a blind eye to things they can not explain instead of doing what science was made to do and investigate the truth. I am not a scientologist. I am an alternative science scientist. :-P
2006-12-08 05:17:56 · answer #10 · answered by TransDude78 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋