Describe how the following poem could be analogyfor the study of developmental psychology. Your response should be aminimum of 400 words.
It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to seethe Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observationMight satisfy his mind.The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fallAgainst his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl:“God bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a WALL!”The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, “Ho, what have we here,So very round and smooth and sharp? To me ’tis mighty clearThis wonder of an ElephantIs very like a SPEAR!”The Third approached the animal, And happening to takeThe squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake:“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant Is very like a SNAKE!”The Fourth reached out an eager hand, And felt about the knee“What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain,” quoth he:“‘Tis clear enough the Elephant Is very like a TREE!”The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said: “E’en the blindest manCan tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can,This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a FAN!”The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope,Than seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope,“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant Is very like a ROPE!”And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,Each in his own opinionExceeding stiff and strong,Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong!
