Is Psychology A Science?

Question 1

Arguments for it being a science

Answer 1

Controlled lab conditions

It has theories and generates hypotheses

Question 2

Arguments against psychology as a science

Answer 2

Humans as participants can lead to social desirability/demand characteristics
Some human phenomena is hard to test such as emotions, feelings, and memory.
Psychology proves very little as young science

Question 3

Studies that can be used in the debate

Answer 3

Dement and Kleitman, Brunner, Raine, Freud, Thigpen and Cleckley, Griffiths

Question 4

What are the four principles of psychology being a science?

Answer 4

It is partially scientific, it lacks objectivity, it’s not a science, it is a science.