The field of psychology is vast, and there are many ways to carve it up. For example, one possible difference is between animal and human psychology. Another division is between science and practice.

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It seems everyone is interested in big data these days. From social scientists to advertisers, professionals from all walks of life are singing the praises of 21st-century data science. In the social ...

Prologue: objectivity shock -- I. Epistemologies of the eye: Blind sight -- Collective empiricism -- Objectivity is new -- Histories of the scientific self -- Epistemic virtues -- The argument -- ...

Objectivity is in many ways a myth — but this isn’t a novel thought. I think we all accept that no one can be truly objective in how they view a situation. But our lack of objectivity goes even deeper ...

Even if you don’t recall many facts from high school biology, you likely remember the cells required for making babies: egg and sperm. Maybe you can picture a swarm of sperm cells battling each other ...

Cultural ideas are inextricably entwined with the people who do science, the questions they ask, the assumptions they hold and the conclusions they land on. When you purchase through links on our site ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Even if you don’t recall many facts from high school biology, you likely remember the cells required for making babies: egg and sperm. Maybe you can picture a swarm of sperm cells ...

The feasibility of objective social science has been the subject of much controversy in which Max Weber's thought looms large. In this article Edward Portis argues that Weber's position on objectivity ...

The field of psychology is vast, and there are many ways to carve it up. For example, one possible difference is between animal and human psychology. Another division is between science and practice.