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Intro to Psychology

Intro to Psychology. Or How I Started to like the taste of Kool - Aid . PSYCHOLOGY. First of all learn to spell the word Psychology. P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-Y Next, Who Can define Psychology?. No Idiot, Psychology is not the “Science of Mind .”. Yet, you might not be so stupid after all.

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Intro to Psychology

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  1. Intro to Psychology Or How I Started to like the taste of Kool- Aid

  2. PSYCHOLOGY • First of all learn to spell the word Psychology. • P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-Y • Next, Who Can define Psychology?

  3. No Idiot, Psychology is not the “Science of Mind.”

  4. Yet, you might not be so stupid after all. • After all psychology translated means :Science of the Mind. Psyche- mind/soul ology- science of

  5. . • So you really aren’t an idiot. Its just that it cannot be the science of the mind because not only is the mind a terrible thing to waste but it really does not exist. (no physical reality) We call things like mind, intelligence, motivation – constructs. Let me give you an example. . . . . .Pretend like I’m a serial killer sexual masochist. . . . . . . . . .

  6. Great story Ms Daniel . . . . But you haven’t answered the question. . . . . We are dying to know- WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY? • Well the answer is a little complicated. . . .The definition has evolved over time. Psychology first started in 1879 Wilhelm Wundts’ lab in Leipzig, Germany . It started as the Science of Mental Processes.

  7. Yet, the Behaviorists in the 1920s believed that psychology should be a pure science and you couldn’t study mental processes- scientifically. The changed the definition in 1920s to the science of behavior. • The Cognitive School in the 1950’s said something revolutionary. The said. . . . . . . .

  8. BULL SHCRAP

  9. They said you can study mental processes using the scientific method. If you want, I can show you a quick demonstration. I promise I will not take off my clothes.

  10. How do you define Psychology? • Psychology is defined as the scientific study ofbehavior and mental processes.

  11. Review • 1) Translate psychology. • 2) Define psychology • 3) Who was the founder of psychology? • 4) What year was psychology founded?

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