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There needs to be a distinction in this discussion between the science and the application of that science. Psychotherapy is an application and psychological research is the science. When I am conducting therapy, I am not utilizing the scientific method, but when I am doing research, I am. Also, there are a lot more subtypes of psychology other than clinical pschology. But no matter what field of psychology you talk about, scientific research is at the foundation.
Also, munchen, you speak of how psychology has difficulties in making 100% accurate predictions. I won't argue with you there. But, it is not the products that make something a science, it is the methods. As I said before, however, science is not out to make 100% accurate proofs and never has.
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