by robertdreed » Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:55 pm
social psych only goes so far in explaining human social behavior. Unlike cultural anthropology, it isn't a holistic discipline. <br><br>In scientific terms, I often find psychological research to be of a different quality than, say, cell biology. The methodologies are nowhere near as precise. And often, "controlling conditions" makes for an unreal setting in which to observe subjects or do experiments. And anything that merely measures statistical tendencies, like social psych experiments, doen't partake of nearly the precision of, say, a chemistry experiment. <br><br>(My major was cultural anthro, my minor was psychology.) <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p097.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=robertdreed>robertdreed</A> at: 8/22/05 10:24 pm<br></i>
