Can human behaviour be subjected to scientific research?

Although I agree with Daniel that the right answer to this question is "it depends", I disagree somewhat with his argumentation. read more

Ive just been reading about two studies that would probably meet the criteria of human behaviour being subject to scientific study (or an attempt at that). One is a study by Prof. Stanley Milgram in 1961 and another by Prof Philip Zimbaro, called the Stanford Prison Experiment (1971). read more

In Studying Human Behavior, Helen E. Longino enters into the complexities of human behavioral research, a domain still dominated by the age-old debate of “nature versus nurture.” read more