Psychology and Physics
ROA, ANNA MARIA D. BA PSYCHOLOGY 1
Physics and Psychology—Relationship Status: It’s Complicated but Related
One way or another, all things in life are related to one another. The same goes with Physics and Psychology. These two Sciences are different in a lot of ways but are also similar in certain aspects. Physics is the branch of Science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. Psychology, on the other hand, is the scientific study of the mind and its functions especially those affecting behaviour in a given context. From the given meanings, you might be wondering how they are related. It’s not obvious at first but as you go deeper, you will realize that these two things are somehow related with each other.
In Physics, the electric field from a positive charge points away from the charge; the electric field from a negative charge points toward the charge. The opposite happens in Psychology. In the study of Proxemics (personal space), there is a decrease in the personal space requirement if other people find you as a positive person. On the other hand, if you are a negative person or a person who gives off a negative aura, then, people would increase their personal space requirement. However, the distance between you and other people and your reaction towards them will also depend on how you perceive other people—whether they are strangers, acquaintances, buddies, and etc. The same goes in Physics, you have to see whether a particle is positively or negatively charged before you can determine how this particle would react to another particle.
In Physics, like charges repel, right? This does not apply in Psychology. Again, the opposite happens. “Birds with the same feather flock together.”—meaning people who have the same interests, beliefs and etc. are the ones that usually get along with each other.
From Physics, you learned that as the altitude increases, the pressure decreases and vice versa. This concept also applies
Physics and Psychology—Relationship Status: It’s Complicated but Related
One way or another, all things in life are related to one another. The same goes with Physics and Psychology. These two Sciences are different in a lot of ways but are also similar in certain aspects. Physics is the branch of Science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. Psychology, on the other hand, is the scientific study of the mind and its functions especially those affecting behaviour in a given context. From the given meanings, you might be wondering how they are related. It’s not obvious at first but as you go deeper, you will realize that these two things are somehow related with each other.
In Physics, the electric field from a positive charge points away from the charge; the electric field from a negative charge points toward the charge. The opposite happens in Psychology. In the study of Proxemics (personal space), there is a decrease in the personal space requirement if other people find you as a positive person. On the other hand, if you are a negative person or a person who gives off a negative aura, then, people would increase their personal space requirement. However, the distance between you and other people and your reaction towards them will also depend on how you perceive other people—whether they are strangers, acquaintances, buddies, and etc. The same goes in Physics, you have to see whether a particle is positively or negatively charged before you can determine how this particle would react to another particle.
In Physics, like charges repel, right? This does not apply in Psychology. Again, the opposite happens. “Birds with the same feather flock together.”—meaning people who have the same interests, beliefs and etc. are the ones that usually get along with each other.
From Physics, you learned that as the altitude increases, the pressure decreases and vice versa. This concept also applies