In all social sciences, theory can only be understood
by relevant and relatable examples. The reason many students and teachers of
social science fail miserably in understanding and explaining the concepts of
social sciences is that they do not put enough effort into finding or creating
good examples. Indeed it is not always a result of less effort but often
because it is not easy to come up with them. Producing examples to explain
psychology can be a daunting task.
Theory
is the body of a social science and examples and case studies are its soul.
Without these, theory is a dead thing, waiting to be brought to life. Being
able to parrot theory in class or regurgitating it on examination papers is not
a test of understanding. Rather, in subjects like psychology, it often becomes
a barrier to understanding. The feeling of ‘I know this’ needs to be overcome
in order to actually understand. It shall be my humble effort, therefore, to
try to give many examples which are fair and useful, to endeavour towards the
ideal I have set above. For these examples I shall seek help from friends and teachers
and also any readers who might accidentally chance upon this little blog.
Please feel free to comment, supplement and criticise. This blog is an effort
at self learning and understanding by the blogger, if anyone else learns or
gains from it, all the merrier.
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