Interview with Two Professors

Abstract

While psychology and neuroscience have a long history, this knowledge is not set in stone, nor is it all-encompassing. New findings are always being presented, sometimes disproving generally accepted principles. The scientific method allows scientists to constantly be testing and retesting hypotheses, and if these hypotheses are wrong, then sometimes the solution is questioning the foundation on which these hypotheses are built upon. Asking questions is the entire foundation of science. The scientific model requires questioning what is known. The importance of asking these questions cannot be overstated, as investigation into these hypotheses can benefit the field and humanity at large. At the university level, professors have the opportunity to choose what they teach, including their own hypotheses. At the Psychology department at the University of Illinois, a variety of perspectives and hypotheses can be observed, coloring the general understanding of the topic of psychology and its concentrations, such as Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology.