Who we are in the world: an investigation into psychology and worldview

At the heart of Psychology is the search for understanding — understanding ourselves, understanding others, and understanding our places in the world. At one point or another a person comes to ask themselves fundamental questions about human life, like “Who am I?”, “Why am I here?” and “What will happen to me?” Although these questions are not usually asked out loud, these attempts to make meaning of our lives serve as a reference for our worldviews. In part 1, I take a theory-driven approach to address the questions “What is a worldview?”, and “How is worldview studied psychologically?” In part 2, I introduce a new measure of worldview — The Philosophical Worldview Questionnaire (PWQ) — given to 159 students and address how they describe their worldview using worldview statements, what the benefits of taking the PWQ are, and how well the PWQ fits as a measure of worldview, with directions for the future.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Swanson, Zachary

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942-
• Shelton, Jill; Walker, Ruth; Silver, Chris F.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Belief and doubt
• Existential psychology
• Identity (Psychology)--Testing

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/765

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1934