Is Psychology a science? Has it ever been a science? Discuss, with reference to both historical and contemporary evidence.

Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology

Is Psychology a science? Has it ever been a science? Discuss, with reference to both historical and contemporary evidence.

Discuss where psychology fits within this paradigm. Explore qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Reproducibility & open science; where does psychology fit into this? Replication crisis. Argue that psychology has a scientific mindset, uses scientific methods and can be critically evaluated by rigorous scientific methods.