Essay - Psychology the Science of Psychology Various Subjects Have Been Studied...

Psychology

The Science of Psychology

Various subjects have been studied scientifically since the 17th century. As science developed, it came to be considered as the only valid way to understand the world and its workings. However, trying to understand the world based ***** on science is also limiting. Th***** is true ********** not all subjects can be ***** scientifically. Psychology ***** *****e of the important subjects where ***** value of scientific study is limited. Certainly, it is still useful and provides valuable information. However, the nature ***** psychology makes ***** a difficult subject ***** study scientifically. The *****ies in studying ***** scientifically will now be considered in detail, with this used to show that psychology is not studied as a science. *****, th***** is not presented *****s a flaw. Instead, it will be shown ***** it is valid ***** useful to study psychology using nonscientific methods.

One of the qual*****ies of science is that suggested hypotheses are presented and then experiments are completed to find the evidence ***** will either support or disprove the theory. This is part of the scientific method. The scientific ***** is described as a series of steps that scientists use (Brown, LeMay, & Bursten 1994, p. 7). The first step is the collect information or data. The second step is ***** find patterns in the data. The next ***** is to develop and test *****. The final step is ***** develop a *************** from the tests ***** *****ir results. One of the important parts ***** th***** process is related to the ability of ***** to isolate factors during the test process. For example, if a scientist wants to develop a ********** on how heat affects a certain substance, the scientist ***** keep all *****pects ***** ***** experiment the same except for the temperature. The observations and data ***** ***** indicators of the impact ***** heat. To take an ***** from psychology, a scientist might want to find out how a dog responds to stimuli. Psychologist Ivan Pavlov completing this ***** by placing a device in the *****'s mouth th*****t measured the output of ***** salivary glands. This was used as ***** measure of the dog's response ***** food. The dog was then classically conditioned by providing it w*****h a stimuli and then providing a food reward shortly after. This resulted in the dog beg*****ning to respond ***** the stimuli as if it ***** the ***** reward. ***** used the results to conclude that a conditioned response can be created ***** linking a neutral stimulus ***** a desired response (Pavlov 192*****). This is an example of how a psychological experiment ***** be designed with all factors held constant except for the stimuli provided to the *****. However, one can also consider how much more complex the ***** would ***** ***** it involved people, rather than an animal. As soon as human beings are introduced as test subjects, it becomes almost impossible to hold all fac*****rs constant. ***** is partly due to the fact that people are