Is Psych a Science?

What is the central claim made about psychology?

• Psychology is a pseudoscience.

• Psychology is a science.

• Psychology is a branch of philosophy.

• Psychology is an art form.

Why might some people believe psychology doesn't count as a science?

• It lacks systematic observation.

• It primarily focuses on animal behavior.

• It often misses tightly-controlled experimental conditions and conclusive results.

• Its findings are always easily reproducible.

How is science defined?

• The study of the natural world through intuition and personal beliefs.

• Systematically observing natural events and using those observations to develop laws and principles.

• A field that only deals with directly observable phenomena.

• The process of proving pre-existing theories without experimentation.

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What type of experiment do psychologists conduct to determine causation between an event and a behavior?

• A field experiment.

• A correlational study.

• A rigorous, highly-controlled, and replicable laboratory experiment.

• An observational study in uncontrolled circumstances.

How do psychologists address the challenge of measuring abstract concepts like happiness?

• They avoid studying such concepts due to their abstract nature.

• They rely solely on subjective self-reports without further validation.

• They operationalize them by creating functional definitions that serve as good substitutes.

• They use only biological markers, ignoring behavioral expressions.