Problem: Respond to this discussion post.
I find both of these arguments against psychology to be interesting. In some ways they are true, but ultimately I do not think of psychology as a pseudoscience. Our psychologists put in so much work to make sure that they use testing methods by which their hypothesis can be either proved or disproved. This is one major subject we learned about in this week's reading material: in order for a scientific claim to be considered legitimate, it must be falsifiable. This means that it must able to be proven wrong. While I do agree that thoughts and feelings cannot be exactly measured, I believe they require a different approach, not complete dismissal. This week we read a study that measured gratitude. Researchers measured gratitude by looking at how grateful people thought they were, and what their actions displayed. While it is true that human behavior is not predictable in the way that the Theory of Relativity is, that doesn't make psychology less scientific, it makes it different. Psychologists have to stay vigilant in devising hypotheses and tests that can be properly done while always remembering that not all minds are the same. No scientific discovery is ever set in stone, so why would we hold psychology to a higher standard than other scientific fields? In conclusion I do believe psychology to be a very legitimate science field, and it is, in fact, my major. Need Assignment Help?