Imagine that you have been asked to come to an Intro to Psych course and explain how some of the findings that have been considered as universal to all humans may not actually be universal. Your task is to make an interesting and creative way to present the facts about one psychological “universal” to this fictional class.
Choose ONE of the following misconceptions about universals to represent creatively:
The Muller-Lyer illusion
Sleeping arrangements
Attachment Styles
Parenting Styles
Difficult developmental transitions (Terrible twos and adolescent rebellion)
Cognitive dissonance
The Five-Factor model of personality
is the original misconception that people have? Why did they assume this was universal?
What is one piece of empirical evidence which called question to the universal? Please describe the specific study in detail.
What is our current understanding of this universal?
