Undergrad Research Papers

One of my favorite memories of my undergrad research methods class was our Professor asking the class to come up with an experiment that a political scientists could conduct like a biology scientist. My suggestion was to put two politicians in a test tube and observe the reactions. Another student suggested taking 10 infants from their parents at birth, raising them in the same environment, then allowing 5 to go to college and 5 to only finish high school and see what who they vote for in an election. We all decided then to not let this classmate babysit any children. As crazy as his idea seemed, it was mostly correct. Our job as Political Scientists are to observe human behavior, much like an anthropologist, but our observation is through the lens of government and what roles people play in the …show more content…
One area in the article that was interesting was the myth that Social Scientists are subject to be bias but Physical scientist are entirely objective. “Recent court findings indicate that some scientists manufactures misrepresented their results to make the drug appear more effective or less likely to have adverse side effects - because they were being paid by the manufacturers” (Hill, 2004). Our understanding of Political Science is important to our understanding of our world around us. Since the beginning of mankind we have been pack animals, needing to be in groups with others to survive. We always choose an alpha to be in charge, or we all agreed that the gods above chose who was in charge. In today’s society we have the chance to vote and participate in our government. Who we vote for in elections can say a lot about a person. Or the political families we grow up in can shape our personalities. Even the states we live in or move to can shape our political