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Psychology as a Science In the recent past, there has emerged a debate about whether psychology is a science, art, or a pseudoscience. Today, psychology is part of daily lives as people are frequently exposed to psychologists' work in their day to day activities. We encounter psychologists work everywhere, including TV shows and crime dramas. In television shows and theatres, psychologists are featured providing advice ranging from personal, family, religion, marriage, and even grief. Also, psychology is a popular topic for students and is taught in most of the courses offered. Thus, people are aware of what psychology entails because of the frequency they encounter the work done by psychologists. Although people know psychology, people need to understand its definition and choice of approach, why study it, whether it is a science or not, and get answers to most of the persistent questions asked in psychology. Psychology applies to every aspect of peoples' lives, and it is possible for it to be classified either as an art, science, or pseudoscience. Science puts more emphasis on empirical research. Empirical research follows scientific principles, requires testing of theories, carries out analysis of data, carries out the formation of a hypothesis, and allows replication for validation of results. Based on such observation, psychology is a science of behavior since it emphasizes empirical observation. Definition and Choice of Approach Psychology is the scientific study of the mind, that is, mental processes and behavior. Psychology is a word made up of two Greek phrases, that is, 'psyche,' which means life, and 'logos,' which means explanation (Lally and Valentine-French, 2018). Thus psychology involves the description of life both physically and naturally through observation and experiment. Thus, there are times when people need to know and understand life in its essence. Psychology is here to explain the meaning, essence, and many aspects of life for people to have knowledge that will