Common Misperceptions In Research

1.What are common misperceptions in psychology and the importance of critical thinking ? When it comes to the misperceptions in psychology, people tend to think psychology is just common sense, its the study of mental illness and or it has no connection with everyday life. Since critical thinking involves the evaluations and analyzation of information for application to different situations, it is important to have the necessary skill to be able to solve a problem and or a situation. Sometimes the conclusions are beyond what is recorded in the data. So it is best to be skeptical than to be accepting of the data.

2.Explain, briefly the science of psychology. The science of psychology is the study of the mental processes and behavior. The mental processes include intelligence, memory and problem solving. While the behavior includes feelings, actions, and biological states. The reason why psychology is considered a science is because they use the scientific methods to test the ideas about behavior.

3.Name some of the scientific research methods Some of the scientific research methods include a survey and a quasi-experiment. A survey is when they gather a large amount of data, asking many types of questions that range from attitudes, beliefs and behavior. Through this they can be able to test their …show more content…
I will briefly describe three specialty areas, Clinical Psychology, Experimental Psychology and Health Psychology. Clinical Psychology is a specialty area that researches, assesses and treats people who are having trouble functioning or people who have serious mental disorders. Experimental Psychology is a specialty area that focuses their research on perception, motivation, learning, sensation and emotion. Health Psychology is a specialty area that focuses on ways to be able to promote health. The conduct research on topics like exercise, nutrition, diet and choices that influence