Episode 1: Introduction to the Science and Art of Psychology
Channel: 8bitfiction
Date: 08/11/2020

Welcome to Moonshine’s Classroom! This podcast is for anybody who wants to learn more about psychology - the field exploring all the unique and interesting ways humans think, feel, and behave. Here, Moonshine and Celina discuss all things related to psychology - theories, socially relevant issues, popular culture, and so much more!

For this introductory episode, we discuss how psychology is relevant to our everyday lives, the different careers and perspectives in psychology, and how it is studied. 

Feel free to refer to the timestamps provided below to jump to topics that interest you. Like, share, subscribe, and join us on our journey to understanding more about the human psyche! 

00:00:26: Why would we want to study psychology?
00:06:00: What specializations in psychology have interested you and why? What are the different types of careers in psychology? 
00:12:08: How did psychology emerge as a study? Why did it begin with structuralism and functionalism, and how are they relevant now? 
00:19:49: How did it move towards the Gestalt perspective or the idea that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?”
00:26:02: Who was Sigmund Freud and why was he so important for psychology?
00:37:49: What prompted the behaviorist perspective? Can we really study behavior in isolation? 
00:41:59: What prompted the humanist perspective? Why is it called humanism? 
00:43:43: Why study the biopsychological perspective? How is it relevant to everyday life? 
00:50:52: How does human evolution influence our psychology? How is depression related to human evolution? 
00:56:35: How does culture influence a person’s psychology? How is the socio-cultural perspective relevant to what society is experiencing now? 
01:01:06: How do we begin to study psychology? Is it a science or an art? 
01:05:27: How do we deal with human beings ethically?