A prominent neuroscientist recently wrote: "Psychology can only claim to be a scientific discipline if it strictly adheres to the empirical cycle, utilizing objective, falsifiable, and highly controlled experimental methods. Any approach that relies on subjective inference or untestable concepts undermines this scientific status."
Discuss the debate of whether psychology should be classified as a science. Refer to the quote and at least two contrasting psychological approaches in your answer.
276 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Debates, covering Nature/nurture, Freewill/determinism, Reductionism/holism, Individual/situational explanations, Usefulness of research, Ethical considerations, Conducting socially sensitive research, and Psychology as a science. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.