Unit 1 - Nature of Psychology
Unit 1 - Nature of Psychology
PREDICTION
If we want more women to go into To better understand the process of the scientific
computer science, we must do something method, look at the following example:
to change either the environment or the
perception of the environment typically • Observation: My toaster doesn’t work.
associated with this field. • Question: Is something wrong with my electrical outlet?
• Hypothesis: If something is wrong with the outlet, my
CONTROL coffeemaker also won’t work when plugged into it.
The focus of control, or the • Experiment: I plug my coffeemaker into the outlet.
modification of some behavior, is to • Result: My coffeemaker works!
change a behavior from an • Conclusion: My electrical outlet works, but my toaster
undesirable one (such as women still won’t toast my bread.
avoiding a certain academic major) to • Refine the hypothesis: My toaster is broken.
a desirable one (such as more
equality in career choices). From this point, the process would be repeated with a
UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGICAL It is suggested that changing the image of refined hypothesis.
PERSPECTIVES computer science may help increase the
ANALYZING HUMAN EXPERIENCE: PSYCHOLOGY number of women choosing to go into this
AS A SCIENCE field.