Psy unit 1

• Psychology


  The study of the mind, soul, or spirit
• psyche


  mind, soul or spirit
• logos


  study, knowledge or discourse
• Psychology epistemologically refers to the study of the mind, soul, or spirit
• Psychology is often represented by the Greek letter ψ (psi) which is read as ("sy")
• Two purposes of studying animal behavior

  • It is ethically forbidden to conduct some experiments on human beings, so animals are subject to experiment
  • Conclusions obtained from experiments on animal behavior are usually applicable to human behavior
• Description


  Naming and classifying. Making a detailed record of behavioral observations. Giving clear picture about the phenomena. Or tell about what something is like.
• Description

  Asking 'what is happening?', 'when it happens?' and 'to whom it happens?'
• Explanation


  Finding out 'why is it happening?' Telling about why certain behavioral phenomenon is occurred.
• Prediction


  • The ability to forecast behavior accurately
  • Telling what something would be like in the future
• Control


  • Manipulation or managing of a situation based on description, explanation, & prediction
  • Answering the questions "how", "when" and "where" to intervene
  • Changing an undesirable behavior to a desirable one
• Today as a modern discipline psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
• Behavior : includes all of a person's overt actions and reactions which can be observed by others such as eating,talking,smiling and working
• Mental processes : refer to all covert activities that other people cannot directly observe. Activities such as thinking,dreaming,feeling,and remembering are examples of mental processes
• Scientific: uses systematic methods to observe,describe,explain and control behaviour an empirical science that conduct scientific investigation (observation and experimentation )