Applying Psychology to Everyday Life
The fact that psychology is such a broad subject and that it is usually regarded as dependent on empiricism is simultaneously a strength and a weakness. The strength, as many academic psychologists would point out, is that it has its basis squarely in the scientific endeavour and so there is an emphasis on methodological rigour and great care is taken not to over-generalise, that is, not to ‘go beyond’ the observations made. The weakness is that this approach has tended to make psychology a rather arid and cautious discipline, one that has not led to as penetrating an understanding of the human condition as might be expected.
Interestingly, the humanities (many of which have little or nothing to do with empirical science) are best described as those subjects that are concerned with what it is to be human. Psychologists are frequently concerned more simply with what humans do rather than with the human condition. This can make the subject somewhat disappointing to the beginning student who seems to want rather more than this. For many students, one of the core reasons for studying psychology is to fi nd out more about oneself and others and to fi nd things that might be useful as one goes about one’s daily life. All too often, such knowledge is not to be found in psychology texts.
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