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Approaches in Psychology is not yet an “exact science”: psychologists can’t agree on how it should be studied. Instead, we have a number of different “approaches ” to the subject – each makes a certain amount of sense, but none seems to tell the whole truth about human thought and behaviour. What follows are the main “approaches ” in psychology ….
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Approaches in
Psychology is not yet an “exact science”: psychologists can’t agree on how it should be studied.
Instead, we have a number of different “approaches” to the subject – each makes a certain amount of sense, but none
seems to tell the whole truth about human thought and behaviour.
What follows are the main “approaches” in psychology ….
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