"Psychology is not a science" That statement pisses me off more than anything. Science is defined as knowledge gained by systematic study. Psychology is the science of human or animal behavior. Psychology is a science. In order to understand the human behavior, one must do an experiment. Components of an experiment include the hypothesis which is an observation that can be tested, the independent variable is the treatment variable that is manipulated by the experimenter, The dependent variable is the response that the experimenter is measuring, the control group is the group randomly assigned that did not receive the treatment, and the experimental group is the group that does receive the treatment, then you look at the data and collect the results. There is so much involved in Psychology that involves actual research. Trust me, I've done research. So don't tell me that Psychology is not a science. It is a science. And with every science, the experiment produces results you hypothesized or results you didn't hypothesize. Psychology is a science.
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