Week 1 Post 1

I have taken countless required science cases (most against my will) and two psych classes so far and in each one the scientific method has been taught at the very beginning to start the class off. So clearly it must be important and has proven that it is. Through numerous experiments and following the steps of the scientific method many diseases have been cured. However psychology just can’t be measured by empirical data alone because every culture and person is unique just as the book outlines development is multidirectional, multicontextual, multicultural, and multidisciplinary. It’s creepy and amazing to think how no one is exactly like someone else. Even if I was born a year or even a month later then I was I would be a totally different person than I am today. If my parents raised me exactly the same way and I did all the same things I do now but was born in a different state I would also be a totally different person.  I find it fascinating how I can hardly remember what I had for dinner last night, let alone a minuet event that went on when I was two, yet this event could have totally changed the person I am today. I can’t wait to learn about how different experiences have shaped me to become the person I am and learn why people think the way they do and are the way they are.