In Class Blog Due 3/27

While looking at our discipline in psychology we have the interesting task of looking at the psychology of a Psychologist. There are many questions to be answered within the study of psychology relating to behavior and the mind. Psychologists want to dissect the thoughts and actions of the population to gain a greater understanding of the world around us. In doing so, they have three main questions they strive to answer. Does the observable behavior match the projected behavior? Does the behavior of the individual stand in for the behavior of a group? Why are there abnormalities within the population, and where do they come from?
 

In search for a greater understanding of our discipline we interviewed two active psychologists on ASU campus. They provided helpful insights of what an actual psychologist thinks about specific areas of behavior. All around they believe that individual behavior is extremely reflective on group and social behavior. Their knowledge as a psychologist is made off of such connections. Along with the crucial thought process an active psychologists needs to acquire, they also need to prove their theories via multiple types of experiments. To make these experimental inferences in their study they need to assess the level of detail they need for their experiments. Making sense of experimental data is essential for a psychologist to add credibility to their body of work. Diving into the mind of a psychologist can be an interesting task, however it is crucial to completely understand the discipline of psychology and its goals. Asking these questions will better help us explore a psychologists thoughts and thought processes.

 

1. How would you define Psychology in your own words?
2. What made you get into the field of Psychology?
3. What type/types of Psychology are you most interested in?
4. How do you go about answering questions in the field?
5. What exactly are you looking to discover right now in your research?
6. What is the most interesting finding you’ve discovered in your research?
7. Ultimately, what would you like to do for the field of Psychology?
8. If the field of Psychology needs to devote time, energy and recourses to one topic specifically, what would it be?
9. What would you say is different between the minds of a Psychologist and minds of every other profession?
10. What would you say is the hardest part of the field of Psychology?