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PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGY. Psychology is commonly defined as the science of behavior and mental processes .

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PSYCHOLOGY

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  1. PSYCHOLOGY

  2. Psychology is commonly defined as the science of behavior and mental processes. • Psychology is an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. Psychology also refers to the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including problems of individuals' daily lives and the treatment of mental illness. • Psychology describes and attempts to explain consciousness, behavior and social interaction. • Psychology differs from the other social sciences anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology

  3. Psychology does not necessarily refer to the brain or nervous system and can be framed purely in terms of phenomenological or information processing theories of mind • Increasingly, though, an understanding of brain function is being included in psychological theory and practice

  4. The late 19th century marks the start of psychology as a scientific enterprise. The year 1879 is commonly seen as the start of psychology as an independent field of study, because in that year German scientist Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated exclusively to psychological research in Leipzig, Germany

  5. Wundt combined philosophical introspection with techniques and laboratory apparatuses brought over from his physiological studies with Helmholtz, as well as many of his own design. This experimental introspection was in contrast to what had been called psychology until then, a branch of philosophy where people introspected themselves. • Introspection is the direct observation or rumination of one's own heart, mind and/or soul and its processes, as opposed to extrospection, the observation of things external to one's self.

  6. Early Systems of Psychology • Wundt's form of psychology is called structuralism. It is in a class called systematic interpretations because It attempted to explain all behavior with reference to one systematic position. Some other sytemsof psychology are functionalism, behaviorism, gestalt psychology, and psychodynamic psychology.

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