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Many persons still regard it as a problem whether psychology is an authentic science or at best only a profession. The writer considers the many attempts and failures to provide psychology with a scientific foundation and the primary circumstances attending the difficulties of scientizing the psychological discipline. Further, suggestions are offered as to how psychology can take its place among the physiochemical and biological sciences.
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This article is based upon a lecture delivered at the Psychological Colloquium at Indiana University, October 20, 1978. Reprints may be obtained at a cost of $1.00 each from The Psychological Record, Gambier, Ohio 43022.
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Kantor, J.R. Psychology: Science or Nonscience?. Psychol Rec 29, 155–163 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03394602
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