Describe how your personal philosophy affects your worldview and
how that impacts decision making and your approach to research.
What does assessing your own worldview in this way teach you
about yourself?
My personal philosophy, my most basic beliefs and attitudes consist mostly
of Christian views and believing there is good in all people; that most of the
time people mean well. Additionally, my personal philosophy carries some
residual, juvenile, jaded biased views that lend me to think most people are
capable of anything, specifically corrupt actions. This impacts my worldview
by steering me towards certain literature where I look for the negative to
impact my attempt at positive. For example, when completing recent
research, I found myself phrasing my search terms in a negative tone
instead of using a more positive approach. I reached out to my school
librarian for literature search help and this was pointed out to me. How