Posted: December 22nd, 2016

Human development theory and research findings are particularly relevant to everyday life

Human development theory and research findings are particularly relevant to everyday life. Therefore, part of evaluating the merit of research results requires that we:
Determine whether we fundamentally agree or disagree with them
Accept them as authoritative statements while continuing to questioning them
Respond by verifying whether the results are based on valid psychological research and not on ordinary opinion
Respond with critical thinking based on solid knowledge of the possibilities and limitations of psychological research