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    History of Psychology

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    History of Psychology The word psychology comes from two Greek words: Psych and Logos. It was in the 18th century when psychology gained its literal meaning: the study of behavior. Today‚ psychology is defined as the scientific and systematic study of human and animal behavior. The term psychology has a long history (Feldman). Psychology started within the fields of philosophy and physiology. But thanks to a German man named‚ Wilhelm Wundt‚ psychology became an independent field of its own. Wilhelm

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    Fields in Psychology

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    Fields in Psychology | Definition | Abnormal Psychology | It is the study of abnormal behavior. It is actually a branch of psychology that deals with the study of abnormal behavioral patterns and their causes. | Psychology of Addiction | A complete dependence on a certain substance or drug is known as addiction. Both physiological and psychological factors can lead to addiction. The psychology of addiction analyzes these factors and attempts to find ways of controlling addiction. The study of

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    Foundation of Psychology

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    Foundations of Psychology PSY300 January 14‚ 2013 Dan Erickson Ph.D. Foundations of Psychology Psychology represents a science that studies mental process as well as behaviors. To best understand mental processes and behaviors four major psychological schools of thoughts are applied; psychodynamic‚ behavioral‚ cognitive as well as evolutionary perspectives. Psychology has developed over years from having beginnings relating to philosophy to expanded studies of biopsychology. The four major

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    Beginning of Psychology What is Psychology? Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Psychology predates back to the 19th century and includes roots into early philosophy. In the history of Psychology one can identify philosophers that historically relate to the beginning of psychology and identify major philosophers that historically relate to the beginning of psychology as a formal discipline. One can also identify how the development of the science of psychology changed during

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    Positive Psychology

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    Positive Psychology Martin Seligman is considered the father of positive psychology (Friedman & Schustack‚ 2012). Positive psychology pertains to helping people live happier and healthier lives (Friedman & Schustack‚ 2012). Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi states that “positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued [sic] subjective experiences‚” such as “well-being‚ contentment‚ satisfaction (in the past)‚ hope and optimism (for the future) and flow and happiness (in the present)”

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    Applied Psychology

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    RESEARCH METHOD IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Social Psychology: The way we perceive ourselves in relation to the rest of the world plays an important role in our choices‚ behaviours and beliefs. Conversely‚ the opinions of others also impact our behaviour and the way we view ourselves. Social psychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how social phenomena influence us and how people interact with others. Social psychology is the scientific study of how people’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviours

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    community psychology

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    INTRODUCTION It may be useful to describe community psychology by distinguishing it from other disciplines with which it is closely allied. Community psychology is like clinical psychology and community mental health in its action orientation. That is‚ community psychology aims to promote human welfare. But community psychology arose largely out of dissatisfaction with the clinician’s tendency to locate mental health problems within the individual. Community psychologists are more likely to see

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    Child Psychology

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    Psychology studies the behaviour and the human mind‚ the research that is done within psychology is to understand and explain the behaviour‚ emotions and thoughts. The study that I am going to discuss is child psychology and its behaviour and its impact on society and its individuals. Child psychology is one of the main areas that is often quite chosen and studied in depth. When doing child psychology the main focus is on the child’s behaviour and its mind and the way it develops through its age

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    Social Psychology

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    Social psychology is about understanding individual behavior in a social context. Baron‚ Byrne & Suls (1989) define social psychology as ....... “the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations”. (p. 6). It therefore looks at human behavior as influenced by other people and the social context in which this occurs. Social psychologists therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others

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    Is Psychology a Science?

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    Psychology is commonly defined as ’scientific ’ study of human behaviour and cognitive processes. Broadly speaking the discussion focuses on the different branches of psychology‚ and if they are indeed scientific. However‚ it is integral in this to debate to understand exactly the major features of a science‚ in order to judge if psychology is in fact one. There must be a definable subject matter - this changed from conscious human thought to human and non-human behaviour‚ then to cognitive processes

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