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What is psychology?

What is psychology?. Definition. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes in both humans and animals Psychologists differ in which types of behavior are most important Ex: observable or thoughts/feelings/fantasies. Prompt #1.

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What is psychology?

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  1. What is psychology?

  2. Definition • The scientific study of behavior and mental processes in both humans and animals • Psychologists differ in which types of behavior are most important • Ex: observable or thoughts/feelings/fantasies

  3. Prompt #1 • Write down at least 4 examples of observable and unobservable behaviors each. • How do your unobservable behaviors influence your observable behaviors? And vice versa.

  4. Goals of Psychology • Description • Describe and gather info about behavior being studied • Explanation • Explain why people/animals behave as they do

  5. Goals (cont.) • Prediction • Use info to predict what individuals will do, think, or feel in certain situations • Influence • Use info to find out more about humans/animals or to benefit others

  6. History • Wilhelm Wundt • Established Laboratory of Psychology • Credited with making psych a formal field of study • Structuralist—basic elements of human experience

  7. Modern Approaches • Psychoanalytic • Behavioral • Humanistic • Cognitive • Biological • Sociocultural

  8. Organizational Academic Clinical Educational Health Community Forensic Counseling What careers do you know of that involve psychology?

  9. Careers

  10. Careers

  11. Approaches to Psychology Project

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