In your responses to your Shantell and Jennifer post, discuss how applications of the material might look different in different professions in psychology as you respond to their career goals.
Shantell post
Before taking any psychology class, I believed that it was considered somewhat of a soft science. I thought this mostly because so many different aspects of psychology do with the brain and automatically assumed that the topic of the brain was considered a science and had no idea what it actually meant by hard or soft science. After reading the article I can see why people would consider it as a soft science, specifically because psychology doesnt use scientific methods. From this perspective, many areas of psychology are every bit as scientific as traditional hard sciences, including physics and chemistry. In such domains as social and cognitive psychology, for example, the use of randomized control groups and blinded observations are de rigueur (Lilienfeld, 2011). At the end of the day I believe that with so many different aspects of psychology, depending on what on you are actually reading about it can be considered a hard or soft science.
This class has actually taught me a lot, from how to cite correctly to knowing what scientific method is better to use for research. A big take away will be that even with one research being done, there will always be further research no matter what. Everything I learned in this class will be extremely helpful in my future career as I hopefully start a career in the field of forensics psychology. It will also help me in my personal life and in other classes. I can use the lessons from this class in others for research papers and papers in general. I started off rough in this class but now I feel confident, thank you for a great class and feedback was very helpfully.
