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Pretend you are in a discussion with friends and the topic is hard sciences versus soft sciences. It is argued that psychology is not a true science at all, as are sciences like chemistry and physics. How would you defend the proposition that psychology is a true science?


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Growth Rate

The rate at which a biological organism grows in size, a quantifiable measure often used in pediatrics and developmental biology.

Gender Differences

Pertains to the distinctions in characteristics, behaviors, roles, and psychological attributes traditionally associated with being male or female in a society.

Ossified

Becoming rigid or inflexible, often used metaphorically to describe ideas or structures that are no longer open to change.

Sleeper Effects

The detrimental effects of early-life adversity that occur only later in development.

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