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Week 1

DQ 1: How does psychology as a scientific discipline differ from the casual

observations we make about the world in everyday life? What are the similarities?

Psychology as a scientific discipline is used to answer questions about human nature

through scientific investigation. Casual observations means to pay attention to a person

or something more like a first impression. We have our own interruption of how people

should act or react in situations; but should we as human judge imperfect behavior. In

my everyday life I am focused to see youth in an imperfect way because they have

been sent to a Juvenile Center for discipline problems. Until reading a case file I should

see that child as a human being that has made a mistake and needs a new type of

outlook on life. I have been trained to just see the youth as any other youth not as an

offender that has been sentenced to the correctional system. The world has turned their

backs on children and should take the time out and find the root of the real problem. By

completing a scientific investigation we may be able to see if the child has been

affected by their environment or culture. In an everyday life everyone uses the casual

observation which will only pass judgment with no answers but scientific discipline will

provide answers to why that child is there.

Response 2

In psychology scientific discipline, would be the study of a certain behavior , and with

this kind of study it is in a controlled environment. In this controlled environment there

are many factors that contribute to help find what they are looking for. a controlled

environment is where the they are in a neutral condition where the researcher are able

to control the evironment. They have an idea of what they want, they have hypothesis

that helps them conduct thesis. for example when a psychologist wants to see if

children are more violent when they watch violent. they would have two groups one

that would watch violent movies and one that would not and they were able to see the

difference.

In a casual observation that we make are in uncontrolled environment. The environment

that is being observed is an open one, which means it could be in a play ground where

children are playing. in a play ground someone could observe the way children play

with other or the reactions from the adult with other adults.

The similarities between these two could be that they both observe behavior and both

could have a non bias thought. but one has a control group and the other has a

noncontrol group.

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This can mean so many differant things to so many differant people. In my opinion, I

believe that psychology as a scientific discipline means what we were born to be. I

come from the understanding that we are all on this earth for a reason and we are born

who we are. If a person is born black they are going to be black, if a person is born gay

then they are going to be gay. I do think that science can help determine how a person

is going to be as in the way they look and how smart a person is. The casual

observations that we make about the world in everyday life is just what it says, its

observation. When we observe a person its like we are standing from a far and looking

at how a person acts and what a person does to impress people. I think that the

similarities of these two definitions can be that we a child that comes from a differant

culture can be pulled out of that culture and into a differant one lets say an American

family and now that person looks Japanese but acts as if that child is an American. The

child is Japanese because of what science or mother nature has made them but they

are now of the American culture.

Wk. 1 DQ 2: What do you think the term “paradigm” means in science? What do you

think the term “paradigm means in the field of psychology? To what do you attribute the

similarities/differences?

In science, paradigm’s can be used to show some type of model, metaphors and

method to find out if and how something works. Different types of steps can be taken in

order to find a scientific answer. Psychology has a lack of paradigm but it’s a

perspective or thought that can be used to understand psychological events. In

psychology it’s not that easy because all of your theory’s about someone’s behavior is

found out by talking to that person you can only have a point of view of the person’s

behavior by using psychological events. Researching a person’s environment or culture

can help when finding answers to way a behavior is different from another person with a

similar job or age. The both are similar because of a theory or observation that has

been made. Science paradigm has the ability to show the cause of why or how

something works by the researcher’s theory and paradigm in the field of psychology will

allow you to find the reason but by using the researchers theory only without a model.

Using or giving your own perspective on a person’s behavior will only be based on

theory not on fact, a good way would be to use the cause and effect theory to answer

questions about a environment changes.

Response 2

I believe paradigm means in science the ability to see patterns. In psychology,

paradigms mean the patterns in behavior. I believe that in science, the patterns are

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Week 1 DQ 1:?How does psychology as a scientific discipline differ from the casual observations we make about the world in everyday life? What are the similarities? Psychology as a scientific discipline is used to answer questions about human nature through scientific investigation. Casual observations means to pay attention to a person or something more like a first impression. We have our own interruption of how people should act or react in situations; but should we as human judge imperfect behavior. In my everyday life I am focused to see youth in an imperfect way because they have been sent to a Juvenile Center for discipline problems.?Until reading a case file I should see that child as a human being that has made a mistake and needs a new type of outlook on life. I have been trained to just see the youth as any other youth not as an offender that has been sentenced to the correctional system. The world has turned their backs on children and should take the time out and find the root of the real problem. By completing a scientific investigation we may be able to see if the child has been affected by their environment or culture. In an everyday life everyone uses the casual observation which will only pass judgment with no answers but scientific discipline will provide answers to why that child is there. Response 2 In psychology scientific discipline, would be the study of a certain behavior , and with this kind of study it is in a controlled environment. In this contr ...
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