Research In Psychology

The brain is the most complex organ the human anatomy has. There has been plenty of research done on the brain and how it works and its general functions, but psychologists have only reached the tip of the iceberg. Psychology is used to research and understand the human mind. Now at the end of the day the overall question that is asked in the field of psychology, is why do people do what they do. Unfortunately due to the actual science and process on how to conduct research in psychology being fairly new, there is not much evidence to answer this question. Like any other science, there is no simple answer to a question, because nothing is ever absolute. Also in psychology there has to be many questions asked along with being extensively researched to just have a fragment of possibility of having some truth. …show more content…
I find it to be tedious, but at the same time to be very helpful to allow very specific research to be conducted in order for better and more concrete results when it comes to understanding the human mind. I also never realized how much statistics and psychology overlapped with one another. I knew there are mathematical calculations that had to be performed, but the ethical and unethical process is somewhat similar along with how having to be specific with collecting and or solving for data.
I would also say the reading did not change how I thought. It did however, expand my mind and the information had previously. In previous English classes I’ve taken, psychologists are always mentioned. I also have taken a philosophy class so some of the questions being asked were questions asked in the class for discussion. I also took statistics before. I have never specifically taken a psychology class, but I have taken many different courses that overlap and allow psychologists to keep conducting research that help them ask questions and solve for a possible