I wouldn’t pay too much attention to psychology studies. Not to harp on the “psychology isn’t science” shtick, but the fact is, it is extremely difficult to run studies on these kinds of things. Usually it boils down to mass questionaires that usually disregard other factors. Psychology studies are the epitome of “correlation does not mean causation”, and one should be very mindful of that before drawing conclusions.
There’s probably destructive psychological effects associated with repeated casual sex, but is it the act itself causing it or other underlying factors?
You misunderstood. It’s a science, sure. But psychology studies things that are not at all easily quantifiable, and as such, studies in psychology should be taken with a grain of salt, unless one is willing to thoroughly examine the methods and data before reading the conclusions.
And just to be clear, since you seem to be getting downvoted, I don’t think you should be getting downvoted.
I wouldn’t pay too much attention to psychology studies. Not to harp on the “psychology isn’t science” shtick, but the fact is, it is extremely difficult to run studies on these kinds of things. Usually it boils down to mass questionaires that usually disregard other factors. Psychology studies are the epitome of “correlation does not mean causation”, and one should be very mindful of that before drawing conclusions.
There’s probably destructive psychological effects associated with repeated casual sex, but is it the act itself causing it or other underlying factors?
Psychology is a science though. It’s relatively new in the grand scheme of things, but it’s very much a science.
And I’m kind of tired of reading that correlation doesn’t equal causation. Most people already understand this.
You misunderstood. It’s a science, sure. But psychology studies things that are not at all easily quantifiable, and as such, studies in psychology should be taken with a grain of salt, unless one is willing to thoroughly examine the methods and data before reading the conclusions.
And just to be clear, since you seem to be getting downvoted, I don’t think you should be getting downvoted.
I get that alot of psychological studies aren’t easily quantifiable, but I think most of the time that sounds like an excuse rather than a reason.
After almost 2 centuries, psychology is just now starting to bear some fruit. Though more research and caution is always welcome.