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Psychological research on identity has used both an ‘insider viewpoint’ and an ‘outside viewpoint’. Illustrate this statement by giving an account of two theories of identity together with the research studies that support them.
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Question - Option A Psychological research on identity has used both an 'insider viewpoint' and an 'outside viewpoint'. Illustrate this statement by giving an account of two theories of identity together with the research studies that support them. Answer Being a scientific discipline, psychology also requires evidence-based research in order to underpin the findings made by researchers. The data collected by researches could be divided into two main categories, one is so called 'insider viewpoint' and the other is 'outsider viewpoint'. Insider viewpoint is about the perception of the subject himself. These include his inner experience, thoughts, values, emotion, beliefs and etc. From the word 'insider', it implies that the subject's point of view could not be observed by outsider, and those data provided by the client are totally subjective and non-arguable; and normally in a detailed form. Typical examples for collecting insider viewpoint are through interview, introspection, self report and...
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