Is a ton of psychology just ... wrong?

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Lots of psychology studies fail to produce the same results when they are repeated. How do scientists know what's true?

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Is psychology research in a crisis or a renaissance? Over the past decade, scientists have realized that many published research results, including some classic findings in psychology, don’t always hold up to repeat trials. Brian Nosek, PhD, of the Center for Open Science, discus ...  Show more

Some people say psychology isn't a science. Are they right? 

Some people like to claim that psychology is just applied biology, which is just applied chemistry, which is just applied physics, and so on. Is there any truth to this? Or is it just our egos getting the better of us?

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