编辑“心理学”（章节）

=== 理论 ===
对研究的批评常常包括指责心理学是“软”科学。科学哲学家[[托马斯·库恩]]的1962批判<ref>T.S. Kuhn, ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'', 1st. ed., Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Pr., 1962.</ref>中暗示心理学仍处在前范式形态，缺乏像成熟的化学、物理学那样的支撑性理论。

由于心理学的一些领域依赖于[[问卷调查]]之类的研究方式，批评家们认为心理学不够客观。其它观点认为心理学家所研究的人格、思维、情绪不可能被直接测量，<ref name="Panksepp_AN">{{tsl|en|Jaak Panksepp||Panksepp, J.}} (1998). [http://books.google.com/books?id=n0W2QQuZ7IEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Affective neuroscience: The foundations of human and animal emotions''] {{Wayback|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=n0W2QQuZ7IEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=20200819150402 }}. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 9.</ref>其结果不过是调查对象的主观报道。<ref name="Beveridge_subj">Beveridge, A. (2002). [http://pb.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/26/3/101 "Time to abandon the subjective—objective divide?"] {{Wayback|url=http://pb.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/26/3/101 |date=20080718110824 }}. ''The Psychiatrist 26'', pp. 101–103. Retrieved 20 April 2010.</ref><ref name="Peterson_subj">Peterson, C. (2009, 23 May). [http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-good-life/200905/subjective-and-objective-research-in-positive-psychology "Subjective and objective research in positive psychology: A biological characteristic is linked to well-being"] {{Wayback|url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-good-life/200905/subjective-and-objective-research-in-positive-psychology |date=20220730080401 }}. ''Psychology Today''. Retrieved 20 April 2010.</ref>

另一些批评家则认为统计假说被误用。一些研究记录表明心理学家常常混淆统计的[[显著性差异]]与实践之间的关系，而前者在实践上常常无关紧要。這種辩论時長发生在心理学界内部，例如实验室研究人员与从事实践的临床医生之间的争执等。