Chapter One 9/22

The mportance of research is that, without it, we wouldn't be moving forward each day. Without knowing why, how, or when things happen, we are aren't able to learn! Psychology digs right into the idea of research from many different angles, and, for this reason, is a never ending researching process.

There are many examples of research that we can apply to our lives, but the first one that came to mind for me was medical research. I have a condition where I have seizures pretty easily but it is NOT called epilepsy. Without well researched doctors, would we have been able to rule out epilepsy and discover that it is a less dangerous condition? Probably not. Research over the years has kept people alive, as well as kept society running.

One of three very interesting things I learned in chapter one was the hindsight bias theory. This interested me because I could directly relate to what the book was explaining. the "I K=knew it all along" theory is probably something we have all experienced; errors in recollection. Common sense more easily describles what has happened rather than what will happen. We often think, I should have seen that coming!
I also found the scientific attitude interesting. It is a curious, eager attitude that I can carry into everyday thinking.
Finally, I thought it was interesting that psychologists are able to conduct so many different types of research in order to observe and describe behavior accurately. Some of these research include individual case studies, random samples of a population, and naturalistic observations. The book gave vivid descriptions and examples of all three, which I expect will be able to help me in future classwork.