Introduction: Why is Psychology Important?
Why is Psychology important? According to the American Psychological Association, psychologists “examine the relationships between brain function and behavior, applying what they learn to illuminate our understanding and improve the world around us” (apa.org, 2016). This, in turn, benefits the society we coexist in. Psychologists use the familiar scientific method (observe, propose a hypothesis, experiment to test hypothesis, and analyze data to accept or reject hypothesis) to solve problems and improve lives. So why is this study deemed to be so important? Psychology uncovers, or reveals, better ways for the people within a community to survive together in times such as these. Without the studies …show more content…
Many have jobs, kids, family, and spouses that need their attention in addition to the attention school requires. College requires a lot of responsibility and the adjustment from high school to college alone can be very stressful. Trying to transition from a lenient high school teacher to a college professor that does not take silly excuses can be very difficult for the new freshmen. For the older college students, marriage, jobs, kids and bills cause a lot of stress. Trying to work a job, whether part or full time, trying to pay the bills, and balance family and friends can seem impossible at times. This is a large cause for stress among us college …show more content…
For females, stress can interfere with the menstrual cycle, and for both male and female it can also hinder fertility abilities. Although horror stories like these have always been told I did not realize how much truth there was behind this. For instance, there was a study on stress and the effect it has on body temperature. Yes, body temperature. Stress can cause the body to do some crazy things. It was discovered that core temperature drastically decreases in response to stress. When you measure your temperature at home, that is your core temperature. However, unless taken daily it may not be noticeable that the temperature is lower than usual. There was a difference in the testing of humans versus rodents. As mentioned, humans’ core temperature decreases in response to stress. Rodents’ temperature, on the other hand, increases with stress. I found this quite interesting because generally a lot of testing is performed on animals for humans. Since the core temperature is within the small intestine it was obvious there would be a rather large difference between humans and
Why is Psychology important? According to the American Psychological Association, psychologists “examine the relationships between brain function and behavior, applying what they learn to illuminate our understanding and improve the world around us” (apa.org, 2016). This, in turn, benefits the society we coexist in. Psychologists use the familiar scientific method (observe, propose a hypothesis, experiment to test hypothesis, and analyze data to accept or reject hypothesis) to solve problems and improve lives. So why is this study deemed to be so important? Psychology uncovers, or reveals, better ways for the people within a community to survive together in times such as these. Without the studies …show more content…
Many have jobs, kids, family, and spouses that need their attention in addition to the attention school requires. College requires a lot of responsibility and the adjustment from high school to college alone can be very stressful. Trying to transition from a lenient high school teacher to a college professor that does not take silly excuses can be very difficult for the new freshmen. For the older college students, marriage, jobs, kids and bills cause a lot of stress. Trying to work a job, whether part or full time, trying to pay the bills, and balance family and friends can seem impossible at times. This is a large cause for stress among us college …show more content…
For females, stress can interfere with the menstrual cycle, and for both male and female it can also hinder fertility abilities. Although horror stories like these have always been told I did not realize how much truth there was behind this. For instance, there was a study on stress and the effect it has on body temperature. Yes, body temperature. Stress can cause the body to do some crazy things. It was discovered that core temperature drastically decreases in response to stress. When you measure your temperature at home, that is your core temperature. However, unless taken daily it may not be noticeable that the temperature is lower than usual. There was a difference in the testing of humans versus rodents. As mentioned, humans’ core temperature decreases in response to stress. Rodents’ temperature, on the other hand, increases with stress. I found this quite interesting because generally a lot of testing is performed on animals for humans. Since the core temperature is within the small intestine it was obvious there would be a rather large difference between humans and