What is Psychology? Pages 4 - 6. What is Psychology? Give me your own personal definition of Psychology.

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What is Psychology? Pages 4 - 6

What is Psychology? Give me your own personal definition of Psychology

Behavior and Mental Processes Psychology = The scientific study of behavior and mental processes – Behavior = is any action that other people can observe and measure – Cognitive Activities = private, unobservable mental processes such as thoughts, dreams, perceptions, and memories

Goals of Psychology Goals of Psychology 1. Observe 2. Describe 3. Explain 4. Predict 5. Control

Psychology as a Science Psychology is a Social Science, but has foundations in the natural sciences Social Science = structure of human society and its nature of interactions Natural Science = Study of the brain Research is usually done by survey method or experimentation

Psychology as a Science Research is organized into theories and these theories discuss principles that govern behavior and mental processes Theory = is a statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen the way they do Principle = is a rule or law