Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
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Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
PSYCHOLOGY
What is it????
Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
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Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
Objective
• The Learner will be able to . . .
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Define what Psychology is
Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
A Short History . . .
• In a philosophical context
• around thousands of years
• Greece
• Aristotle – conscious mind in the heart – divided people based
on personality
• Persia
• Al’raziz – First psychatric hospital
• China
• Personality and aptitude tests for government jobs
Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
Branches of Psychology
• Any attempt to explain why humans think and behave in the
way that they do will inevitably be linked to one or another
branch of psychology. The different disciplines of psychology
are extremely wide-ranging. They include (but not limited too):
• Clinical psychology
• Cognitive psychology: memory
• Cognitive psychology: intelligence
• Developmental psychology
• Evolutionary psychology
• Forensic psychology
• Health psychology
• Neuropsychology
• Occupational psychology
• Social psychology
Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
Psychology
• the scientific study of behavior that is tested
through scientific research
Physiological
Cognitive
Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
Physiological
• having to do with physical processes
 Sleep
 Hunger
 Exercise
 Movement
(ie. Dance)
Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
Cognitive
• having to do with an organism’s thinking and
understanding.
• Emotions
• Thinking
• Self Awareness
• Feelings
Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
Scientific Method . . .
• Psychologists reach their conclusions by:
• Identify a specific problem or question,
• formulating a hypothesis,
• collecting data through observation and experimentation and
• analyzing the data.
Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
Why is Psychology important?
• Psychology is important both as a social science and in
the field of medicine.
• It helps us understand why we exhibit certain
behaviors and shows what parts of the brain may be
responsible for these.
• This can help improve treatments and therapies for
people with traumatic brain injuries, help people with
addiction, and help alleviate some of the symptoms of
mental illness
Lesson 1-1 What is Psychology? Notes
Assignment
• Create a sketch for: (due Monday)
• Clinical psychology
• Cognitive psychology: memory
• Cognitive psychology: intelligence
• Developmental psychology
• Evolutionary psychology
• Forensic psychology
• Health psychology
• Neuropsychology
• Occupational psychology
• Social psychology