What is a common misconcpeption about Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology?

Question

I was just wondering what some of you thought about this question. For Psychology I think when a person hears the word psychology they instantly think about people with many difficulties in their lives when really its a scientific study of thought and behaviour. Am i wrong?

Answer 1

You're not entirely wrong i mean you defined psychology in some ways. However some people confuse Anthropology with archeology and I sometimes get confused between sociology and psychology! Good luck though!

Answer 2

People often confuse Anthropology with Archeology, Sociology with Psychology and Psychology with Psychiatry.

Answer 3

Because these are not exacting sciences where all information leads to exacting & reproducable results, most in my field (engineering) do not consider them true sciences. However, they fail to take into account that Astronomy falls into that category too. When I was young we were taught about the 9 moons of Jupiter... we simply had not discovered the other moons of Jupiter & Saturn at that time.

As more discoveries are made a science becomes more exacting & definable.  While much remains to be discovered in the fields you mention, they are indeed sciences but still in the exciting discovery stage.  I suspect all branches of science will intertwine in the near future as they borrow technology from other sciences.