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    Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. It encompasses not just what people do but also their thoughts, emotions, perceptions, reasoning processes, memories, and even the biological activities that maintain bodily functioning. Psychologists try to describe, predict, and explain human behavior and mental processes, as well as helping to change and improve lives. Psychology includes the study of experiences, mental processes, and a broad range of behaviors. It has a long history dating back to philosophers like Descartes and Locke and scientists who studied the brain like Broca. Founders of modern psychology include Wundt who established the first psychology laboratory and Freud who proposed the theory of the unconscious mind.

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    Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. It encompasses not just what people do but also their thoughts, emotions, perceptions, reasoning processes, memories, and even the biological activities that maintain bodily functioning. Psychologists try to describe, predict, and explain human behavior and mental processes, as well as helping to change and improve lives. Psychology includes the study of experiences, mental processes, and a broad range of behaviors. It has a long history dating back to philosophers like Descartes and Locke and scientists who studied the brain like Broca. Founders of modern psychology include Wundt who established the first psychology laboratory and Freud who proposed the theory of the unconscious mind.

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    Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. It encompasses not just what people do but also their thoughts, emotions, perceptions, reasoning processes, memories, and even the biological activities that maintain bodily functioning. Psychologists try to describe, predict, and explain human behavior and mental processes, as well as helping to change and improve lives. Psychology includes the study of experiences, mental processes, and a broad range of behaviors. It has a long history dating back to philosophers like Descartes and Locke and scientists who studied the brain like Broca. Founders of modern psychology include Wundt who established the first psychology laboratory and Freud who proposed the theory of the unconscious mind.

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    Introduction to psycholo

    Unit 1
    • Psychology – Definition, Origin, Science,
    Methods and Branches of Psychology
    The Word “PSYCHOLOGY”
    • The word ‘psychology’ has its origin in two
    Greek words ‘psyche’ and ‘logos’. The word
    ‘psyche’ in Greek language refers to ‘spirit’ or
    ‘soul’ and the word ‘logos’ refers to ‘discourse’
    or ‘study’.
    Definition
     Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental
    processes. The simplicity of this definition is in some ways
    deceiving, concealing ongoing debates about how broad the
    scope of psychology should be.

     It encompasses not just what people do but also their thoughts,


    emotions, perceptions, reasoning processes, memories, and even
    the biological activities that maintain bodily functioning.

     Psychologists try to describe, predict, and explain human


    behavior and mental processes, as well as helping to change and
    improve the lives of people and the world in which they live.
    Psychology includes:
    • Study of experience: Psychologists study a variety of human experiences which
    are mainly personal or private in nature. They may range from experiences of
    dream, conscious experiences at different stages of life and experiences.

    • Study of mental processes: Psychology as the study of mental processes tries to


    investigate the activities happening in the brain which are primarily non
    physiological in nature. These mental processes include perception, learning,
    remembering and thinking.

    • Study of behaviour: The range of behaviours studied in psychology is very


    broad. It includes simple reflexes (e.g. eye blinking), common response patterns
    such as talking to friends, verbal reports about feelings and internal states.
    Different fields of Psychology
    History of Psychology

    René Decartes (1596- 1650) John Locke (1632 -1704)


    Cartesian Dualism “Materialism”,“Tabula Rasa”
    PAUL BROCA (1824- 1880)
    FRANKENSTEIN (Fictional
    Brain as machine
    Character)
    Wilhelm Wundt, 1st Psychological
    Laboratory in Germany. Franz Josef Gall proposes Phrenology.
    Sigmund Freud – Unconscious mind

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