ARELLANO UNIVERSITY Pasig City College of Arts and Science Psychology Department LECTURE NOTES ON GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (No. 1) AY I. Nature of Psychology A. Psychology - the term psychology derives from the Greek roots psyche‚ meaning “soul” or “mind‚” and logos‚ meaning “word.” Psychology is literally the study of the mind or soul and people defined it that way until the early 1900s. Around 1920‚ psychologists became disenchanted with the idea of studying the mind. First‚ research deals
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What is psychology? The term "psychology" is derived from two Greek words – psyche (soul) and logos (science or study). Thus‚ literally it means study or science of soul. But now it is no more considered as science of soul. It has moved away from this focus and established itself as a scientific discipline which deals with the various processes and behaviour of organism. Most of the contemporary psychologists agree on a definition of psychology as the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes
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PSYCHOLOGY Psychology is derived from the Greek words Psyche and logos‚ meaning soul and study. To Greeks‚ Psychology is simply a study of the soul. Psychology as the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Scientific because it uses the steps in a scientific method in its quest to understand why a person behaves in a certain manner. It is systematic and empirical and it is dependent upon measurements. Psychologists - study human issues that begin before birth and continue
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Founding Brothers the Revolutionary Generation This book report is on the book‚ “Founding Brothers the Revolutionary Generation” written by Joseph J. Ellis. The book has 248 pages and was published in 2002. The book examines the political lives of some of the key players in the American Revolution‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Aaron Burr‚ Janes Madison‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ The Adam’s (John and Abigail) and George Washington. The author examines six events that took place in our history: The Duel‚ The Dinner
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Subspecialities of Forensic Psychology: Legal Psychology and Correctional Psychology Antonella Zavala MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE CJ240 ABSTRACT Forensic psychology is the science that studies the individuals offender’s behavior. Forensic Science has other sciences that coordinates its goal such as Legal Psychology which will decide whether an offender is on conditions to go or not to court and correctional psychology that will follow the behavior and rehab on an offender
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PSYCHOLOGY Eva Evangelio- Pacayra Faculty Centro Escolar University School of Science and Technology Department of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY • • is derived from the Greek word “psyche” which means MIND/SOUL and “logos” which means STUDY/KNOWLEDGE is the SCIENTIFIC study of HUMAN BEHAVIOR and MENTAL PROCESSES. The Roots of Psychology • • • • • • • John Locke- blank slate “Tabula Rasa” Wilhelm Wundt- Structuralism (uncovering the fundamental mental components) William James- Functionalism
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Question: What Is Psychology? There’s a lot of confusion out there about psychology. According to some popular television programs and movies‚ psychologists are super-sleuths that can use their understanding of the human mind to solve crimes and predict a criminal’s next move. Other popular depictions present the psychologist as a gray and bearded older gentleman‚ seated in a stately office lined with books‚ who spends his days listening to clients ramble on about their difficult childhoods.
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Chapter One A. Understanding Psychology Directions: Answer each of the following questions in a brief paragraph. 1. “Psychology has a short past‚ but a long history.” What does that mean? 2. How did Wundt help to define psychology as a science of the mind? 3. Why did James think that sensation and perception alone couldn’t explain behaviour? 4. How did Freud’s ideas differ from previous approaches to psychology? 5. How did Watson’s approach to psychology differ from that of Freud?
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Psychologists conduct three main types of research: experimental‚ correlational‚ and clinical. The experiment is an investigation seeking to understand relations of cause and effect. The experiment changes a variable‚ or a cause‚ and measures how it changes the other variable in the experiment (effect). Concurrently‚ the investigator of the experiment tries to hold all other variables constant so he/she can attribute any changes to the manipulation. The manipulated variable is called the independent
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The Different schools of psychology Structuralism- the first school of thought headed by Wilhelm Wundt‚ a German‚ and later by E.B. Titchener started in 1879 when experimental psychology was gaining more incentive. The structuralists‚ as they called themselves‚ thought of psychology as the study of conscious experience. They started components experience. They started that all complex substances could be analyzed through their component elements. They held that elementary mental states such as sensations
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