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PSY 225: Research Methods

An excerpt that says ''The psychologist finds himself in the midst of a rich and vast land full of strange happenings: there are men killing themselves; a child playing; a child forming his lips trying to say his first word; a person who, having fallen in love and being caught in an unhappy situation, is not willing or not able to find a way out; there is the mystical state called hypnosis, where the will of one person seems to govern another person; there is the reaching out for higher and more difficult goals; loyalty to a group; dreaming; planning; exploring the world; and so on without end. It is an immense continent full of fascination and power and full of stretches of land where no one has ever set foot. Psychology is out to conquer this continent, to find one where its treasures are hidden, to investigate its danger spots, to master its vast forces, and to utilize its energies. How can one reach this goal?'' --Kurt Lewin (1940)

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