Synopsis

Psychology is not a simple subject. This unit examines how different aspects of human behaviour provide the focus for different psychologists. Using learning as an example, you will discover how many different approaches can be adopted thus illustrating that there is no single way of answering psychological questions.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Learning outcomes
1.1 Psychology in everyday life
1.2 Psychology has wide appeal
1.3 Psychology has social impact
1.4 The diversity of psychology
1.5 Summary
2.1 An evidence-based enterprise
2.2 Researching ourselves
2.3 A brief look at different kinds of data
2.3.1 Behaviour
2.3.2 Inner experiences
2.3.3 Material data
2.3.4 Symbolic data
3 A brief look at psychological methods
3.1 The beginning of the research process
3.2 Questionnaires and interviews
3.3 Psychological tests
3.4 Observations
3.5 Meaning and language-based methods
3.6 Different paradigms and different methods
3.7 Ethical considerations
3.8 Summary
4 Conclusion
Next steps
References
Acknowledgements
Module team

 

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