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What is psychology?
Psychology is the scientific study of people, the mind and behavior, it seeks and researches through scientific methods to understand and explain a range of subjects that include thoughts, emotions and behaviors. As psychology is a science it aims to discover the cause of behaviors through objective and systematic procedures for measurement and analysis sustained by explanations and predictions.
Methods of research will be scientific based including hypothesis and variables. Method include the following:
* Qualitative and quantitative research
* Controlled experiments
* Survey questionnaires
* Longitudinal studies
* Observation in natural settings
* Qualitative and descriptive research
* Neuropsychological methods
* Computational modeling
* Animal studies
Psychology derives back many centuries to ancient Greek figures such as Aristotle and Socrates who were prominent Greek philosophers. Psychology originates from the Greek word Psyche meaning soul or mind; there are also links to other countries such as Egypt, China and India. However over the centuries and through key figures such as Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud, Albert Bandura and Elizabeth Loftus psychology has developed and been explored immensely.
Psychology is the scientific study of people, the mind and behavior, it seeks and researches through scientific methods to understand and explain a range of subjects that include thoughts, emotions and behaviors. As psychology is a science it aims to discover the cause of behaviors through objective and systematic procedures for measurement and analysis sustained by explanations and predictions.
Methods of research will be scientific based including hypothesis and variables. Method include the following:
* Qualitative and quantitative research
* Controlled experiments
* Survey questionnaires
* Longitudinal studies
* Observation in natural settings
* Qualitative and descriptive research
* Neuropsychological methods
* Computational modeling
* Animal studies
Psychology derives back many centuries to ancient Greek figures such as Aristotle and Socrates who were prominent Greek philosophers. Psychology originates from the Greek word Psyche meaning soul or mind; there are also links to other countries such as Egypt, China and India. However over the centuries and through key figures such as Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud, Albert Bandura and Elizabeth Loftus psychology has developed and been explored immensely.