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>be 16
>school
>psychology class
>teacher keeps saying that psychology is a science
>mfw

>> No.7950779

Please kill yourself.

>> No.7950782

>>7950770
Have a nice vacation.

>> No.7950785

>do i fit in yet! XD
Fuck off.

>> No.7950787

It's a science as much as history, religion, political science, etc.

>> No.7950828

>>7950787
Different aspects of Psychology or more "scientific" than others. Besides, does it matter?

>> No.7950831

>>7950770
Wait is this a meme or a real thing? Why wouldn't psychology be science? Does it have to do with human perception being subjective?

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7950846

>>7950770
>literally being a /sci/ meme irl
JUST

>> No.7950852

>>7950831

>difficult to control experimental conditions (there could be hundreds of unaccounted factors at play)
>psychometrics (i.e. development of surveys used by employers to detect prejudices in applicants)
>over-reliance on subjective feelings (i.e. happiness studies)

Main criticisms against psychology as a whole only really apply to certain sub-fields, but it's easier to stereotype.

>> No.7950856

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science

>> No.7950861

>>7950770
>be 16
GTFO

>> No.7950881

It's been a while since I visited these boards. Is bio still not a science? Too busy in med school to give a shit

>> No.7950921

>>7950852
Would this change if our knowledge of human psyche advanced?