Write 5 page essay on the topic The Dimensions in Psychology.Download file to see previous pages... The authors comment that the main way to possibly make this easier is to evaluate other multi-functi

Write 5 page essay on the topic The Dimensions in Psychology.

The authors comment that the main way to possibly make this easier is to evaluate other multi-functional ways in order to help all students process the information in a number of different ways. Their suggestion is to offer visuals for learning. Introduction Toward the beginning of the article, the authors assume what traditional teaching methods are when approaching how to teach psychology. These are merely assumptions and there is no supporting evidence as to what defines “traditional.” As many students are required to take courses in psychology, the differentiation of research methods and data collection is not fully defined until later in graduate school. The authors stress the importance of research methodology when teaching the introductory psychology courses. They evaluate a series of textbooks to see if it is done properly. Methods Upon the authors’ research of 46 different psychology textbooks that are commonly used in psychology courses that were published in between the years of 1986 and 1989, the group found that there was no uniformity between how the different authors of these textbooks presented information about research methodology. ...

al, 1990, p. 76). Of these textbooks, the authors looked primarily at text headings when evaluating whether or not research methodology was covered. If it was only briefly mentioned, it was not classified as being material that was covered in the introductory psychology textbook. The amount of text that even covers the strategies of research was only minimally covered in these textbooks with anywhere from two pages covering the topic to a maximum of eighteen pages. This indicates that authors of many of these psychology books are not taking the initiative to fully introduce the information about research and the students just are not even grasping the concept. The authors also acknowledge that many of these textbooks rarely touch on the different types of data collection and what all the terminology means. Of the various terms that are important in the introduction of psychology, many of the terms were intertwined, almost as if the writers of the textbooks were not able to differentiate it themselves (Hendricks, et. al, 1990, p. 76). This experiment was done by creating a table by listing each author of the textbook in alphabetical order, acknowledging the date that the textbook was published, indicating how many pages reviewed the methodology as well as what the percentage was of the total number of pages that discussed research methodology ((Hendricks, et. al, 1990, p. 77). This study could be replicated if a person was absolutely positive of what was covered. The authors whom conducted this experiment may have a different definition of what research methodology is and it would take a person who is proficient in scientific experimentation to truly replicate this method.&nbsp.