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Perceptions of Psychology Interpretation Worksheet

Name: ____________________________________________

Section 1: Data Collection

Directions: Interview 3–5 people about their views of what psychology is and what

psychologists do. Record your interviewees’ information and statements in the table below.

Subject

Gender

Age (approximate)

Highest level of education

Interviewee 1

female

degree

Definition of

psychology and the

role of

psychologists—

narrative response.

It is a form of art which attempts to study the minds of people. It is

partially an art and partially a science.

Psychologist’s role is to study the people’s minds and apply the

knowledge in clinical psychology.

Subject

Gender

Age (approximate)

Highest level of education

Interviewee 2

female

masters

Definition of

psychology and the

role of

psychologists—

narrative response.

Psychology is the scientific study of how animals and human beings

behave.

The role of psychologists is to understand how we behave and whether

there is a similarity with how animals behave too.

Subject

Gender

Age (approximate)

Highest level of education

Interviewee 3

male

degree

Definition of

psychology and the

role of

psychologists—

narrative response.

The science of understanding people’s minds and trying to apply the

findings to predict the human behavior.

Psychologists try to predict people’s minds based on past experiences.

Section 2: Interview Interpretation

Directions: Writing in complete sentences and full paragraphs, provide substantive answers

to the following questions regarding the information you gathered from your interviewees.

Answers should be 1–3 fully developed paragraphs in length. (A fully developed paragraph is

5–8 sentences in length. The boxes will expand as you type). Use in-text citations to identify

the source or sources of your information. Provide a reference list at the end of the worksheet.

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1. Definition of psychology

In the box below, describe your understanding of the definition of psychology provided in

the Coon and Mitterer textbook or other credible professional source. Compare and

contrast your interviewees’ statements with the definition of psychology. How are the

interviewees’ descriptions similar and different from the definition of psychology? Include

any major misconceptions your subjects may have about psychology and psychologists

based on what they shared during their interviews.

Psychology is the scientific study of both behavior and the mind including all the aspects of

consciousness and unconsciousness including thought.

The first respondent’s definition is partially correct in that she talks about mind study and

scientific and artistic study of it. The respondent however, does not include the reason why

psychology is studied. This would have given her statement a better meaning

The second respondent’s response is somehow off the mark because psychology is not just

the study of the behaviour but rather the study of the mind.

The third respondent is correct in his definition since he goes beyond merely mentioning

the fact that psychology explains the behaviour of human beings but gives us the reason

why this is done.

2. Four goals of psychology

In the box below, identify and describe your understanding of each of the four goals of

psychology. Describe how your subjects’ perceptions of psychology and psychologists

relate to each of the four goals of psychology as described in the Coon and Mitterer

textbook.

1) To Describe

This goal simply involves describing the behavior of human beings. This

description is designed to enable us describe what is considered normal and what

is considered abnormal.

This perception relate to the description in the book in the sense the

psychologists use natural behaviour and correlation studies to study the

psychology of human beings.

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Perceptions of Psychology Interpretation Worksheet Name: ____________________________________________ Section 1: Data Collection Directions: Interview 3–5 people about their views of what psychology is and what psychologists do. Record your interviewees’ information and statements in the table below. Subject Gender Age (approximate) Highest level of education Interviewee 1 female 32 degree Definition of psychology and the role of psychologists— narrative response. It is a form of art which attempts to study the minds of people. It is partially an art and partially a science. Psychologist’s role is to study the people’s minds and apply the knowledge in clinical psychology. Subject Gender Age (approximate) Highest level of education Interviewee 2 female 37 masters Definition of psychology and the role of psychologists— narrative response. Psychology is the scientific study of how animals and human beings behave. Subject Gender Age (approximate) Highest level of education Interviewee 3 male 35 degree Definition of psychology and the role of psychologists— narrative response. The role of psychologists is to understand how we behave and whethe ...
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