Introduction to Psychology

Introduction to Psychology

-when we want to understand a certain thing. idea place, or even a person we always look at their past.

Where Did Psychology Come from?

-Because of philosophy and Biology, philosophy is crested. This is because psychology study both the abstract and concrete 

Abstarct

• Things we cannot directly sense with our physical sense
• The concept of The ''mind''
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Concrete

• what control our thought, emotions, and actions 
• The concepts of the ''brain''
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Psychology also studies the physical and physiological aspects

Wilhelm Wundt [1879- Leipzig, Germany]

• Established the first experimental psychology lab
• Describes the structures that compose the mind.
• He relied heavily on the analysis of sensations and feelings through the use of ''Instrospection'' [the process of examing one's own thought]

Psychology -Psyche or Logos 

PSYCHE

• meaning ''LIFE OR BREATH''
• other meaning is ''soul'' ''self'' or ''mind''

LOGOS

• meaning ''study''

The most widely accepted definition of psychology is;

''Psychology is the scientific of mental process [ or the mind] and Behavior''

3 main concepts 

1. SCIENTIFIC - A certain field study has to follow the scientific method for it to be called a legitimate and scientific field.

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