Various Psychology Topics

The methods of psychological research are different than a friend's everyday reasoning. This is because, the scientific method serves as the bedrock foundation of psychological research and its methods focus on making sure that the observations on which its claims are based are as objective as possible and that the data on which these claims are based are data that are replicable, reliable and valid (Coon, 2003). Further, claims about human psychology based on psychological research are not just the ideas and experience of one person but are often derived from a systematic body of knowledge built up over the years from objective study by many. On the other hand, every day reasoning is based on the experience and understanding of only one person and people differ both in terms of experience and understanding; thus, my friend's reasoning, even if valid, may not be applicable to those unlike her in these two areas. Second, while Coon (2003) points out that the scientific method, as used in psychology, is certainly subject to errors associated with the difficulty of adequately con

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ities and expectations for adulthood. In order for this synthesis to take place, the child will often do what he or she feels that it takes to let go of the powerless but irresponsible period of childhood and assume the powerful and responsible role of adulthood. This means experimenting with new values, morals and ethics (those different than one's parents) which can make for parent-child conflict. Also, the adolescent has to transcend his more concrete understanding of self in order to arrive at a synthesis; this can make him idealistic in the extreme as he sets about formulating his own standards, his own values in relation to who he believes himself to be. Kohlberg (1984) would relate the adolescent's behavior to the development of his moral reasoning in which his thinking, becoming more abstract, also becomes more idealistic. He is less concerned with his parents' values and more concerned with developing his own moral or ethical notions, a fact which will sometimes lead to him questioning or challenging parent morals and ethics. It should be noted here that the degree to which a given adolescent will experience conflict with parents in terms of challenging their values is, at least in part, dependent upon the child's own p
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