CHAPTER 1: NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY • It is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes • Greek word: psyche or soul; logos or study RELATION OF PSYCHOLOGY TO OTHER SCIENCES • Anthropology • Biology • Chemistry • Psychiatry • Sociology GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY • Describe behavior • Predict behavior • Explain behavior • Control or change behavior HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY (Early Schools of Thought)
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Credit value: 10 Unit 17 Psychology for sports performance 17 Psychology for sports performance Sport psychology is the study of people and their behaviours in a sporting arena. Recently‚ interest in sport psychology has increased. Athletes and coaches talk regularly in the media about how sporting success can be attributed to how focused and motivated a player is‚ or how well a team has been able to work together. As a result‚ there is now a growing appreciation of the huge impact that
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country during Rizal’s time in terms of: a. Socio-cultural b. Political a. In the time of Rizal‚ the entire Philippines was under the Spanish colonization. where in‚ the government is more likely controlled by priest rather than officials. rebellion was still in rampage‚ there was still a large resistance against the Spaniards. Filipinos or "Indios"‚ as we are been called‚ were put into slavery and the exploitation of resources was at large. b. The political situation in Rizal’s time was a great government
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does not exist.Besides‚ society proclaims that young children belong to the home and not to the state" "Various workers have made clear what remedies are needed in all the phases of life. So all is ready:we have only to build.The various contributions of science are like stones from the quarry already squared for placing in the building. all we have to do is to find people ready to put them together and so erect the new structure which civilization so badly needs" society and the task of
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memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology‚ 10‚ 12–21. Keppel‚ G.‚ & Underwood‚ B. J. (1962). Proactive inhibition inshort-term retention of single items Murdock‚ B. B.‚ Jr. (1961). Short-term retention of single pairedassociates. Psychological Reports‚ 8‚ 280. Murdock‚ B. B. (2003). Memory models. In L. Nadel (Ed.)‚ Encyclopediaof cognitive science (Vol Reitman‚ J. S. (1971). Mechanisms of forgetting in short-term memory.Cognitive Psychology‚ 2‚ 185–195. Peterson‚ L. R.‚ & Peterson
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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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HC2H3O2-NaOH‚ the heat gained by the solution was 2549.8 J‚ and the heat gained by the calorimeter was 176.3 J. The number of joules released per mole of water formed = 47.4 kJ/mol. The total number of joules released in reaction B (2384.6 J) was more than those released in reaction B (2372.7 J) a difference of 11.9 J. Discussion: There were mistakes with equipment and the overall procedure. The measuring devices could account for some of the errors. A graduated cylinder was used to measure volume‚ but
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today‚ psychology has surely developed. Technological advancements as well as new ideas and ways of thinking about the subject helped to reform what psychology is today. Rather than completely changing‚ psychology has actually built up more and more through the decades. New branches were added to the field as those who studied it made new breakthroughs. Over the years many scientists and psychologists have contributed to the transformation of psychology. Up until the 1920’s‚ psychology was defined
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Introduction: The History of Psychology Philosophical Background Psychology has no definite‚ absolute beginning‚ but there is speculation that early humans were curious about human nature. Serious study of the human psyche began in ancient times‚ with ancient philosophers began to record their findings and thoughts about behavior and the nature of the human mind. The name psychology ’ is from the two Greek roots‚ psyche and logos‚ which mean "mind" and "study‚" respectively. Psychological thought
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of teen pregnancy has fallen in the last 50 years Highest in U.S. of all industrialized nations 4. Temperament refers to… -Temperament refers to characteristic patterns of emotional reactions and emotional self-regulation 5. What does social psychology explores? -The scientific study of the ways in which the thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors of one individual are influenced by the real‚ imagined‚ or inferred behavior or characteristics of other people 6. Name 3 main sexual orientations. Heterosexual
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