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Psychology
Psyche = mind or soul
Logos = science or
study

Psychology is the study

of the mind or soul

http://www.slu.edu/Images/arts_sciences_files/psychology/psych_brain1.jpg

Behavior
BEHAVIOR
Behavior is any
response or Psychology is the scientific
reaction to a study of behavior.
stimulus.
Normal or Learned or Voluntary or Conscious or
What we see, measure, observe and abnormal unlearned involuntary unconscious
Stimulus: anything that evaluate.
elicits a response
http://www.dabeandcompany.com/behaviorBasedInterview.html

Different Psychological Perspectives

BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE

Ancient Greek Ren Wilhelm

philosophers
Descartes Wundt
(Socrates, Plato BEHAVIOURAL PERSPECTIVE
and Aristotle)
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)
German philosopher-physician COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE
Created the academic discipline of Psychology
FATHER OF THE FIRST PSYCHOLOGY LABORATORY
Established in 1879 at the University of Leipzig

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Different Psychological Perspectives Goals of Psychology

PHENOMENOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

Methods & Techniques in Psychological

Specialized Areas in Psychology
Researches
CLINICAL P. SOCIAL P.
COUNSELLING P. DEVELOPMENTAL P.
SCHOOL P. PEACE P.
EDUCATIONAL P. SPORTS P.
INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL P. EXPERIMENTAL P.
HEALTH P. CROSS-CULTURAL P.
BIOPSYCHOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL P.
COGNITIVE P. CONSUMER P.
FORENSIC P. ENGINEERING P.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY