Different types of Psychology analysis

The article “Why So Many People Believe Conspiracy Theories” by Jeffrey Kluger was a rather eye-opening article to think about. Throughout the column, I found various statements that opened my mind to a higher knowledge as to why anyone would be on board to preach(natter about) crazy and sometimes, even extraordinary theories as to why some events have happened without a factual answer to back it up.

To be able to assess all five psychological approaches to study you need to understand what they are and how they work. All five approaches have their own strengths and weaknesses and they all have their own theories which explain human behaviour, the only problem is not all of them agree that their theories and studies are correct.

Kluger, Jeffrey. “Why Do So Many People Believe in Conspiracy Theories?” Time, Time, 15 Oct. 2017,

Psychologists want to learn and know more in their field and they want to help people.

Then that response is measured as to negative and positive impact to discern a mean level which is normal for that individual (Zimbardo &Johnson, 2009, pg. 53).

Myers, David G. Exploring Psychology. 6th ed. 1 vols. New York, NY: Worth Publishers, 2005.

What if we didn’t really land on the moon and Abraham Lincoln was a time traveling extra-terrestrial who profited from the war in Iraq. Some conspiracy theories are far out and some are surprisingly believable, but it’s interesting how easy it is to get so involved in them that one doesn’t know what or whom to trust anymore. In the dictionary, conspiracy is defined as, “a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.” People have faith in conspiracy theories because they find a certain comfort in knowing that they cannot be proven wrong (or correct), and humans need compensation on the unknown or shady and what better way to compensate than to blame the government.

Forty-four students from Western Kentucky University volunteered and participated in this study (12 men, 22 women; Mage=22.61, SDage=6.18). They were enrolled in undergraduate psychology research method classes at the University and completed the experiment in exchange for course credit. Of the forty-four students who participated, 82% identified themselves as Caucasian, 7% African American, 5% Asian, 4% Latino, 1% Pacific Islander, & 1% Native American. Also, 61% of the participants drink Coca-Cola. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions- individual or collective- with 22 participants per condition. In the individualist group, there were 4 men and 18 women with an age range of 19-47 (Mage=23.32,

Psychology is the study of the science of the mind and the resulting behaviour. Looking to understand and explain to an extent how we think, act and feel. There are many branches of psychology looking at treatments of mental health issues, studying a variety of issues that may impact our health and daily life’s.

The Internet has played a large role in my interest in conspiracy theories. Although I definitely do not believe all of them, they are fun to look into and are good tools for procrastination. Falling deeper into the hole that is Wikipedia, I spent a large amount of my free time “researching” them. It got to the point where I had to force myself to actually work on homework instead. However, I am not one of those crazy conspiracy theorists; I am only interested in ones that seem legit. All interesting conspiracy theories have similar qualities. A majority of them involve the government or celebrities. And depending on the theory, they are believable.

As stated in the video by Sam Sommers from Tuffs University "It is the study of daily life". The video's goal was to show how everyone could benefit from studying psychology. I realized that psychology is more than just meeting someone from counseling, but it is more complex. There are many different roles that a psychologist could play in our economy.  One of the things that they do, which I didn’t realize, is meeting with business and helping employees know how to handle certain social issues.

The first way that Psychology applies to my life is the Motivation and Emotion part of it. Motivation is what drives you to conduct some type of activity. For example if someone is thirsty then they have to get up go somewhere

The phrase “conspiracy theory” is often expressed with a negative connotation and used as a label for the explanation of outlandish incidents that are hard for the everyday person to comprehend. Conspiracy theorists are often labeled as lunatics that spit out senseless claims with no real substance. “The mere mention of the word ‘conspiracy’ seems to set off an internal alarm bell that causes scholars to close their minds in order to avoid cognitive dissonance and possible unpleasantness, since the popular image of conspiracy both fundamentally challenges the conception most educated, sophisticated people have about how the world operates…” (Bale). What is often unspoken is that conspiracy theories have a real effect on the political

In the instructions, the teacher suggested that I do an analysis on a movie character or someone that I know. After thinking hard about this, I decided to ask my instructor to do a paper on myself because I suffer from many mental ailments. The ailments include C-PTSD, mood disorder unspecified, and ADD-all forms of mental illness according to the Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-V. I’m currently seeing a psychiatrist for medication regarding my illness and counseling to help me understand and comprehend my past and how it affects me today. Both doctors do not know if I will ever get over the trauma of my dysfunctional childhood, the tragedy of the Joe Ferguson killings and my bad marriages. However, I hope that someday I

The science of psychology used research and data to form theories. All three have the same common goal, a person’s well-being; they are just different methods on how to get there. In my analysis common misconceptions about Psychology is that there is a definite answer, but when dealing with humans nothing is specific or well defined because we are all emotional creatures. I believe this misconception exists because as humans believe there has to be an answer for everything, sometimes things are the way