TOPICAL ARTICLES Assessing Students ' Perceptions of Psychology as a Science: Validation of a Self-Report Measure

Traininp in pycholoa onphasires the scientific method as the hacis frrr knmulerlge claim h u t rhought and behavior. Students are re,~larly rvaluoted in toms of their masreq of methodological and statistical fmnciples, but little attention has heen paid to assessinfi the dEgree to which students endorse the notion that psycho lo ^ is, indeed, a science. Several studies are r e w e d thar validate a selfireport measure of this construct. The psycho lo^ as Science Scale is shaun to be a reliable measure that predicts a range of conslruct-releuant atticudid and eerfonnance crite-ria. Possible research ues of h e measure, as well as broader issues suwoundiirp the general tmhlic'