Testing a Theory
Brian Shafer
PSY/201 Foundations of Psychology
08/03/2013
Anna Barksdale

A recent time that I would have to test a theory would be today. On a daily basis I am challenged between two boys to see which one is telling a lie on the other. The research method that I use from the textbook would be natural observation. Natural observation occurs in most of our lives every day we just do not pay much attention to just how much we are actually using our observation skills. I have to sit and observe the difference between the two different kids’ reactions and see which one is lying based on their body language. Just like when anyone else is doing any kind of research on a human a lot of times they watch the difference in body language. Psychologist have to be able to read the different types of body language as well to determine the difference in emotions and also to tell if someone may be lying as well just to get medicine that they may otherwise not need. They must report anything that they feel the client or clients may be lying about to the caseworkers and therapist that they me be working with as well. If I could have had the opportunity to change anything about the way in which I used my observation skills to catch the wrong one in a lie I do not think that there is no other way in which it could be done. I am naturally an observing person anyhow, and I think that the career that I will be pursuing, which is Private Investigations and