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NO!!! although they have a commitment to the scientific method it is not a science. my university agrees with this and labels it accordingly. the problem with psyc is there is almost no concrete eveidence. you can't make definite predictions or diagnoses based on pyscological theories. there is alot of "if this happens it's probably this" or " this might happen in this circumstance" but there is nothing solid. They can get lucky and find things that do work like pavlov's bell. but psycology can't explain definitivly why it happens or get to the root of what is happining.
I am currently at the begining of my behavioural neuroscience degree and i can tell you it is all concrete science. we can make definite predictions and diagnoses and all our proofs are universally applicable and accurate. i think this is the definitive cognitive science. but who doesn't prefer their own field?. i have found that the majority of psycology students dont even take neurobiology! how can you make predictions on the behaviour of a brain when you dont even know what's in it! or how it works! the problem with neuroscience right now is its very new and we still have along way to go to explain all of human behaviour. This is where psycology comes in. since psycology is top down research it can attack problems science can't explain yet or explain fully.
Although i hate psycology(parts of it, most parts) with a passion i will say it has its merits. its has been and still is a very important field to help understand and improve the human condition. it is a noble field of study.
If psycology is a science, is Dr. Phil a scientist?
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