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Can Psychology be a Science?
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Access Psychology: Can Psychology Be a Science? To answer this question, a definition of science must first be established. This is not as straightforward as one might think as interpretations vary, and are the cause of some debate. The American Heritage Science Dictionary appears to encompass the general consensus, and defines science as: "The investigation of natural phenomena through observation, theoretical explanation, and experimentation, or the knowledge produced by such investigation. ? Science makes use of the scientific method, which includes the careful observation of natural phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis, the conducting of one or more experiments to test the hypothesis, and the drawing of a conclusion that confirms or modifies the hypothesis." Put simply, it seems that for a field to be considered a science, it must utilise observation and experimentation to confirm or falsify a hypothesis. The word science itself comes from the Latin word scire, meaning...
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