Discuss the extent to which our understanding of a psychological topic may be extended when questions are asked from different perspectives.

Different psychologists are motivated by different aspects of a particular psychological phenomenon giving rise to completely different theories on the same topic. Psychological research starts with a question; the nature of the following enquiry depends on the perspective and its object of interest, focus and goals. Methodology selected is appropriate to the needs of the approach adopted leading to different ways of investigating the same issue and the opportunity to analyse material produced in a given area of research at different levels. This diversity characterizes psychological research and offers differing viewpoints. It can be found that theoretical insights from one perspective may complement findings from another and extend understanding of the issue….(short extract)