Exploring the Depths of Human Psychology

Human psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. It encompasses a wide range of topics, including how people perceive the world, think, feel, learn, and interact with others. It explores the underlying cognitive processes, emotional responses, motivations, and personality traits that shape human actions.

1. PSYCHOLOGY

2. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

3. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY? IT IS THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL PROCESSES

4. A BRIEF HISTORY IT COMES FROM TWO GREEK WORDS, PSYCHE MEANING “ SOUL ” OR “ SPIRIT ” AND LOGOS MEANING STUDY

5. THE FATHER OF CLASSICAL PSYCHOLOGY WILHELM WUNDT HE IS CREDITED FOR BEING THE FIRST IN THE MOVEMENT TO MAKE PSYCHOLOGY A SCIENCE

6. WILHELM’S CONTRIBUTIONS CONDUCTED THE FIRST TRUE EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY IN PSYCHOLOGY HIS MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD IS GRUNDZUGE DER PHYSIOLOGISCHEN PSYCHOLOGIE ( THE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY,1873)

7. IN WILHELM’S LIFE TIME WILHEM WAS ABLE TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON A WIDE ARRAY OF TOPICS WHICH ARE: SPIRITUALISIM,ETHICS,ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY, AND EVEN POISONS

8. WILLIAM JAMES WILLIAM STUDIED THE CONCEPT OF FUNCTIONALISM WHICH ANALYZES THE FUNCTION OR PURPOSE OF BEHAVIOR AND NOT SIMPLY A DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONALISM STUDIES HOW SPECIFIC BEHAVIOR HELP ADAPT TO ENVIRONMENT

9. FATHER OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY SIGMUND FREUD HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSONALITY THEORY ,

10. PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSONALITY THEORY DIVIDES THE PERSONALITY INTO ID EGO AND SUPER EGO

11. PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSONALITY THEORY ID is concerned with instant gratification of basic physical needs and urges. EGO is the rational, pragmatic part of our personality. It is less primitive than the id and is partly conscious and partly unconscious. SUPER EGO is concerned with social rules and morals —similar to what many people call their ” conscience ” or their “ moral compass.”

12. PSYCHOSEXUAL THEORY Freud believed that the nature of the conflicts among the id, ego, and superego change over time as a person grows from child to adult . Specifically, he maintained that these conflicts progress through a series of five basic stages, each with a different focus : oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital.

13. THE THREE MAJOR FIELDS THE PSYCHOLOGY CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSESSES AND FINDS TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES THE INTELLECTUAL,SOCIAL,EMOTIONAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS A LIFESPAN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES THE MOST BASIC CONCEPTS OF PSYCHOLOGY LIKE COGNITION AND PERCEPTION BUT ARE MOSTLY CONDUCTED ON ANIMALS INSTEAD OF HUMANS