Is psychology a science or not? The answer is that it is complicated and the reason is that both science and psychology are complex, multifaceted constructs. As such, binary, ...

To be fair, not all psychology research is equally wishy-washy. Some research is far more scientifically rigorous. And the field often yields interesting and important insights.

Psychology is commonly recognized as a social science, and is included on the National Science Foundation’s roster of recognized Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

A few years ago, I caused considerable weeping and gnashing of teeth among psychologists for a piece I wrote explaining why psychology isn't science.It was predicated upon a lengthier argument, which ...

In July this year, prominent Science 2.0 blogger Hank Campbell insisted in a posting that psychology is “not a science”. He cited the recent musings of Washington Post blogger Charles Lane, ...

Then again, lots of useful and worthwhile things are not science. So, that's not necessarily a problem. What is a problem is that poor statistical methods and irreproducibility damage not just the ...

In 2010 a paper in Science suggested that a bacterium in Mono Lake, Calif., ... No, science’s reproducibility problem is not limited to psychology. August 28, 2015 (iStock) ...