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Could or should psychology be called a science? Hannah Richards The advantages of calling psychology a science are huge. It allows us to state that it contains objective facts, correct our mistakes and build on previous discoveries. However many refute giving psychology the tile of 'a science' believing that humans are far too complex in their processes to be explained in generalised terms. The key assumptions of 'science' are; Invariance, in science a set of laws don't change, Determinism, meaning that everything can be explained using these laws and that there is a reason for everything and finally Operationalism, trusting in an objective and accurate set of measured variables. Many psychologists believe that these key principals conflict with those of human cognitions; which are often complex and seem to fail to follow any set rules of nature. People inevitably change over time; this fact challenges the principal of 'Invariance' from the scientific point...

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