What is your definition of psychology?
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Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and the mental process.
My age is that of a person who was born the same year as me.
My "sex" is male (gender is much different).
My age is that of a person who was born the same year as me.
My "sex" is male (gender is much different).
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OT- Psychology is the study of all facets of the human brain. Short and sweet helps me here.
I'm a 16 year old male.
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Well, in ancient Greek the world soul is "psyche" so Psychology is the study of the human soul. Deep man, so deep.
Anyway, the modern definition of psychology would be something along the lines of:
Psychology is the study of human mental processes and their effects upon human behavior.
Male age 22.
Anyway, the modern definition of psychology would be something along the lines of:
Psychology is the study of human mental processes and their effects upon human behavior.
Male age 22.
25 and male. I view psychology as the study of the human mind as in the mental side of it in general
19 male. And after having taken Psychology for an A level now I don't think I could give a definition. It depends on what approach to psychology you take really.
Though study of mental processes and behaviours is generally a good way to put it. Still hard to define though. For example, psychology could be defined as the science behind human mental thought processes. But then behaviourist psychology approach has shown that animals with much simpler cognitions can learn to think in certain ways.
Or something along those lines. Again, very complicated.
Though study of mental processes and behaviours is generally a good way to put it. Still hard to define though. For example, psychology could be defined as the science behind human mental thought processes. But then behaviourist psychology approach has shown that animals with much simpler cognitions can learn to think in certain ways.
Or something along those lines. Again, very complicated.
Psychology is the study, science and manipulation of the human mind. Call me paranoid.
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Age: 17
Gender: Male
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Er.
I mean the scientific study of mind and behavior, including all factors which are predictive of or produce either, including subfields of genetics, evolutionary psych, neurobiology, social psychology, and so on.
Of course, the word comes with a great deal of baggage which at the core does not define the field. And psychology does not include medicine, despite its applied form, psychiatry. Psychiatry is a separate field.
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Er.
I mean the scientific study of mind and behavior, including all factors which are predictive of or produce either, including subfields of genetics, evolutionary psych, neurobiology, social psychology, and so on.
Of course, the word comes with a great deal of baggage which at the core does not define the field. And psychology does not include medicine, despite its applied form, psychiatry. Psychiatry is a separate field.
33, M
The Study of the human mind and human behaviour - to see how human emotions and thinking correlate and cause everyday actions and feelings such as "Why does someone who grew up here tend to think like this" or "Why does someone who was bad at acting feel at home on a stage in any other capacity"
I do consider psychology different to councilling in that councilling is actively seeking to help correct behaviour or emotions deemed 'troubling or detrimental' to mental health. Based on my own experiences I also believe that psychology is more beneficial if the councillor/psychologist does not actively push their patient to behave or say anything they do not agree with eg: "do you feel these dream are related to X" then trying to persuade the patient it is.
That's just some examples that came off the top of my head. If I went too far off topic please feel free to prune and I'd appreciate a PM to let me know if my ramblings were beneficial.
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I do consider psychology different to councilling in that councilling is actively seeking to help correct behaviour or emotions deemed 'troubling or detrimental' to mental health. Based on my own experiences I also believe that psychology is more beneficial if the councillor/psychologist does not actively push their patient to behave or say anything they do not agree with eg: "do you feel these dream are related to X" then trying to persuade the patient it is.
That's just some examples that came off the top of my head. If I went too far off topic please feel free to prune and I'd appreciate a PM to let me know if my ramblings were beneficial.
I'm 18 and Male
Psychology is the discipline that is supposed to apply logos to psyche, i. e. catching the free and radical fairy princess with a butterfly net, plucking off her wings and explaining to her why she isn't supposed to be and doesn't exist.
It oftentimes and quite readily branches into behaviourism, which isn't much of a cardinal sin seeing as we still don't properly understand the majority of underlying little things, such as the brain.
I like the scientific bit of psychology and hope it gets us to a point where we can not only understand, but properly control (ourselves) and fix things that need to be fixed, mostly those that cause harm and injury and suffering, where my focus would be on individuals... as a lot of individuals with issues still fall through the cracks of medicine, therapy, society, the floor and... well, everything.
I am worried about the discipline of psychology; having seen too many times when seemingly inspired students get bored, have other things to do and just plain make data up, thus skewing studies, potentially forever. I am worried about the large amount of dissociative and hostile potential within the discipline. I am worried about loud-mouthed bullies getting their way against all odds, facts and reason. I am worried about this rather new discipline having already entered a stage of entropy and decay.
I admire Freud, I love Jung. But more for their who-dares-wins approaches and the just-do-it attitudes involved than actual merits to the modern day science of psychology. There is potential in shamanism and rituals that modern day psychology mostly ignores. It is against human nature to be all scientific and all clinical about human nature. I think politics have already crippled certain aspects of the non-medical, non-physiological approach to psychology, and it's more than just a speed bump to the whole discipline.
I believe material of interest to psychology is to be found in pretty much everything we humans do, think and feel. But that's largely to those ridiculously large brains we lug around. I am also certain that certain key elements of what we label as psychology facilitate interspecies interaction, be that with dogs or other more evolved mammals. Oops, there's that naughty behaviourism again. I'm pretty certain I was taught behaviourism shouldn't exist in a modern, all-inclusive society. OK, bring on something else that works as good or better, then.
I myself am mostly interested in the psychology of groups, as it generally tends to be more obviously trigger-response and less constructed and staged than that of individuals. I am also interested in the neurobiological and chemical aspects of it, as I find the average brain to be most fascinating a thing.
It oftentimes and quite readily branches into behaviourism, which isn't much of a cardinal sin seeing as we still don't properly understand the majority of underlying little things, such as the brain.
I like the scientific bit of psychology and hope it gets us to a point where we can not only understand, but properly control (ourselves) and fix things that need to be fixed, mostly those that cause harm and injury and suffering, where my focus would be on individuals... as a lot of individuals with issues still fall through the cracks of medicine, therapy, society, the floor and... well, everything.
I am worried about the discipline of psychology; having seen too many times when seemingly inspired students get bored, have other things to do and just plain make data up, thus skewing studies, potentially forever. I am worried about the large amount of dissociative and hostile potential within the discipline. I am worried about loud-mouthed bullies getting their way against all odds, facts and reason. I am worried about this rather new discipline having already entered a stage of entropy and decay.
I admire Freud, I love Jung. But more for their who-dares-wins approaches and the just-do-it attitudes involved than actual merits to the modern day science of psychology. There is potential in shamanism and rituals that modern day psychology mostly ignores. It is against human nature to be all scientific and all clinical about human nature. I think politics have already crippled certain aspects of the non-medical, non-physiological approach to psychology, and it's more than just a speed bump to the whole discipline.
I believe material of interest to psychology is to be found in pretty much everything we humans do, think and feel. But that's largely to those ridiculously large brains we lug around. I am also certain that certain key elements of what we label as psychology facilitate interspecies interaction, be that with dogs or other more evolved mammals. Oops, there's that naughty behaviourism again. I'm pretty certain I was taught behaviourism shouldn't exist in a modern, all-inclusive society. OK, bring on something else that works as good or better, then.
I myself am mostly interested in the psychology of groups, as it generally tends to be more obviously trigger-response and less constructed and staged than that of individuals. I am also interested in the neurobiological and chemical aspects of it, as I find the average brain to be most fascinating a thing.