Answer to Question #249167 in Psychology for jess

Question

Where you BWVI results different from your original scores in week 1? Did the results of the BWVI match your expectations for your own worldview? If so, how? If not, how? How do the 6 constructs of the BWVI impact the way in which the field of psychology is studied? (For example, how does the way in which we see the origins (cosmology) of the world impact the way we approach humanity and way in which we approach psychology?). A few sentences for each construct is sufficient.

Answer 1

Question 1

Yes, my results were different from the first week. I was taken aback since I had no idea that my viewpoints would shift in only a few weeks. It didn't seem to make much of a difference, but it did.

Question 2

I assumed that I would get the same results. They didn't alter dramatically, but they did change, and I'm not sure whether my opinions have changed from the first week.

Question 3

The six constructs have a variety of effects on psychology. It has the potential to change the way you think and see the people around you, in my opinion. It also has an impact on how you interact with one another.

• Ontology is the study of how humans comprehend reality.
• The study of the physical world is known as cosmology.
• Eschatology is the science of foretelling the future. What the future holds for humanity.
• Axiology is the science of determining what is good and what is evil.
• Praxeology is the study of how people make decisions.
• Epistemology is the study of the origins of knowledge.