There are three major stages of crisis recovery. The impact stage, the recoil stage, and the reorganization stage. The recoil stage occurs when the victim has accepted that they have been victimized. During this stage, the victim goes into dissociation or denial. This is the stage where all manner of feelings, opinions, and sensations come into play.
The scientific method was a new way to solve problems and conduct research in the 17th century. It is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions.