scientific study definition psychology
The psychology of science is a branch of the studies of science that includes philosophy of science, history of science, and sociology of science or sociology of scientific knowledge.The psychology of science is defined most simply as the scientific study of scientific thought or behavior.he psychology of science applies methods and theory from psychology to the analysis of scientific thought and behavior, each of which is defined both narrowly and broadly. Narrowly defined, science refers to thought and behavior of professional scientists and technologists.