Psychology is not just common sense. Discuss.The claim that psychology is not just common sense parallels the ideologies of most psychologists in the field. While some aspects and examples of psychology may be simplistic and straightforward, it also involves considerable critical thinking skills, reasoning, and a vast amount of research. Psychology is defined as the study of the mind and behavior. (American Psychological Association, 2014), thus affirming the thesis expressed above. Furthermore, a psychologist must undertake three stages of critical evaluation before reaching a conclusion, while a lay person will use their common sense to form a hypothesis about a topic. These three phases are commonly described as analyzing ideas, thinking acutely about ideas, and producing alternative conclusions (Paul & Elder, 2007). This allows for a higher level of accuracy in study and evaluation. This essay will cover two main ideas, the argument that will be instrumental in proving that psychology is not just common sense and how such psychological methods will work to disprove misconceptions and theories conceived from said common sense. Most laypeople believe that if a child is not securely attached to his or her caregiver, he or she must have no sense of attachment. Furthermore, they blindly assume that there will be no middle ground. However, psychology shows that there is much more to it when it comes to attachment styles. There are in fact three main types of attachment styles that constitute the crux of attachment theory, which will be explored in greater detail. Attachment is defined as an enduring psychological connection between human beings. It was believed that the most primitive... half of the paper......stood them. Therefore, the value of psychology far surpasses fundamentals, the use of common sense, and drawing on higher order thinking skills to conceive or validate a theory. Works Cited American Psychological Association. (2014). https://www.apa.org/support/about/apa/psychology.aspx#answerAinsworth, M. D. S., & Bell, S. M. (1970). Attachment, exploration and separation: Illustrated by the behavior of one-year-olds in a strange situation. Child Development, 41, 49-67. Bowlby J. (1969). Attached. Attachment and Loss: Vol. 1. Loss. New York: Basic Books. Paul, R., & Elder, L. (2007). The miniature guide to critical thinking. California: Foundation for Critical Thinking Press.Main, M., & Solomon, J. (1986). Discovery of an insecure-disorganized/disoriented attachment model: procedures, results and implications for behavior classification.