1. 1. What is psychology? 2. What benefits are there to studying psychology? Bell Ringer

2. Sec. 1: Why Study Psychology? Ch. 1: Introducing Psychology

3. Main Idea Through the study of human and animal behavior, people can discover psychological principles that have the potential to enrich the lives of humans.

4. Overview of Psychology Psychology – the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Everything that people think, feel, and do.

5. Basic Science vs. Applied Science Basic Science – studying for the sake of studying Applied Science – studying to be able to accomplish something.

6. Goals of Psychology 1. Description – Gather information about the behavior being studied and present what is known. 2. Explanation – Explain why people/animals behave the way they do. 3. Prediction – Through their study, a psychologist will attempt to predict what a person/animal will do next. 4. Influence – Use what they know. Basic Science – Research and Reveal Applied Science – Use psychology to solve problems.

7. Using the Goals of Psychology Why are you sitting here in psychology class when there are other things you could be doing? Description – Explanation – Prediction - Influence

8. Scientific Basis of Psychology Psychologists rely on scientific method. Question-Hypothesis-Experiment-Results-Conclusions- Theory