Modern understanding of what makes a science is a matter of substantial dispute. Some people equate the unearthing of facts as science, while others view science as exerting a defining power over the universe. A surprising number of people believe anything printed in a science textbook, regardless of its origin, clearly oblivious to the fact that science is not really proof of anything, but only the record of the quest for truth about it. Takayoshi Amano (2007, p. 2) states that science's objectives are "to unravel fundamental principles of mechanism that Nature presents to us, and to accumulate or establish knowledge which can be shared by all humankind." In other words, science is a process of discovery followed by the analysis and documentation of that discovery. It is not guaranteed to be right, regardless of how many scientific instruments are used to capture the data. Ancient scientists developed quite a number of erroneous ideas that we find ridiculous today but that were considered sacrosanct in their day. Jacob Bronowski described science best when he described it as "not a mechanical, but a human progress, and not a set of findings, but a search for them" (Selby, 2006). Science is not in a position to cast anything in stone, only to share its current discoveries and theories.
Psychology, which can essentially be regarded as a branch of science, uses scientific methods to accomplish its goals. Psychology strives to quantify and categorize human behavior, and it does so by generalizing based on studies of humans and studies of animal behavior. Watching how rats in mazes behave, for example, serves as an example that can be interpreted into human behavior. In the last analysis, psychology is no more definitive than other branches of science. It attempts to identify an individual based on what other like individuals have done, but each person is unique unto himself and obstinately capable of defying<...