In:Consciousness: New perspectives, artificial consciousness, and the scientific progress of psychology
Sam S. Rakover
[Advances in Consciousness Research 96] 2026
► pp. 145–164
Chapter 9Is psychology a science, and how does it advance?
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Article outline
- 9.1Part I: Psychology, science, and progress
- 9.1.1Experimental control and complexity
- 9.1.2Theoretical constructs
- 9.1.3Empirical generalization
- 9.1.4Communication of messages, not observations
- 9.1.5Confirmation bias
- 9.1.6The replication crisis
- 9.2A possible explanation for the problem of the scientific progress of psychology and its crises
- 9.3Part II: How does psychology develop as a scientific discipline?
- 9.3.1First, what is scientific progress?
- 9.3.2Second, why is there a need for a general psychological theory?
- 9.3.2.1Ts-O
- 9.3.2.2T-O
- 9.3.2.3Ts-Os
- 9.3.2.4T-Os
- 9.4A theory describing how psychology develops as a science
- 9.4.1The UCP’s properties
- 9.4.2The application Domain’s properties
- 9.4.3Ramifications of the LGT hypothesis
- 9.5An empirical example that supports the LGT hypothesis: The face inversion effect
- 9.6Consciousness and the scientific progress of psychology
- 9.6.1Consciousness and LGT
