ABSTRACT
Why psychology and science? If you are just starting to read this book, then you have probably started on a course in psychology and may have been surprised, if not daunted, to find your tutors talking about psychology being a ‘science’. You will probably have found that you must carry out practical research exercises, make measurements, deal with statistics and write up your findings as a scientific report (or, just maybe,
you weren’t surprised at all). Many people cannot divorce from their concept of ‘science’ images of Bunsen burners, retort stands, white coats, complicated mathematical formulae and really unpleasant smells.
