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Is psychology just observable common sense rather than a scientific explanation of human behaviour?
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Department of Psychology AS Level Year 14 Miss A George Lisa Terry 'Is psychology common sense or scientific? 2004-2005 Is psychology just observable common sense rather than a scientific explanation of human behaviour? "Psychology is the scientific study of mind, brain and behaviour. Some of what you do learn may seem like 'common sense', or at least familiar to you because you are learning about topics in which you can relate to. However some things you may believe is true, but is incorrect. The way we know this is through the application of scientific methods." Mark Leary suggests that the subject matter of psychology is much more familiar to most people than is the subject matter of physics or biology; we see behaviour all around us. Psychology would be an odd science of thought and behaviour if it only considered thoughts and behaviours completely foreign to people's experiences, or if its finding always can counter to most people's beliefs....
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