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Psychology
* All psychology comes down to a clean bloodstream.
* Many psychologies deny the reality of the unconscious, and dismiss the importance of dreams.
* Psychologies are science.
* aims to sift opinions and evaluate ideas with careful observation and rigorous analysis.
* also has a critical function
  - applications in emerging areas such as computer science
  - plays a huge role in the wireless future
  - studies how an individual's environment affects performance
* analyzes the process of learning and then communicates that knowledge.
* appears in mainstream culture in every medium.
* attempts to explain how and why human beings think, feel, and behave as they do
  - why organisms act the way they do
  - understand man and promote psychological health
* basic and applied science, health profession, and undergraduate liberal arts major.
* blend of paradigms or ways of understanding.
* bridges the gap between the biological and social sciences.
* broad and diverse field
  - behavioral science with many applications
  - discipline covering much of the area between biology and sociology
* broad field having applications in virtually every line of work
  - that often overlaps with many other disciplines
* can also be a stepping stone for law, medicine and business
  - influence valuations, which at times in the past have been driven to extremes
  - enrich life in profound ways
  - expand toward a fuller and richer accounting of the full range of human experience
  - play a big role in covering the distance
  - provide insight and help when life seems overwhelming
* claims that children have two different personalities in and out of their homes.
* class where scholars learn how people think and react to different stimuli.
* common area of study on the university level.
* concerns itself with the study of human and animal behavior.
* constitutes sexuality in terms of the individual's psychic structure.
* constructs the female, or the fantasy life of the male psychologist.
* contributes to knowledge of methods of teaching in three ways.
* currently ranks among the most popular majors in North American universities.
* deals mainly with humans but also sometimes with animals.
* deals with the behavior and mental processes of humans and animals
  - mind
  - overt behaviour of humans and animals and the study of the brain
  - theories and hypotheses about man
  - very specific questions, while philosophy deals with more general questions
* deceptive vanity.
* definitely has many different approaches or paradigms.
* degree that encompasses many other areas of study.
* describes how the mind functions.
* destructive way to face problems and life.
* difficult discipline to categorize.
* discipline that can be applied to many areas of human endeavor
  - is commenced at university, so there are no pre-requisites
  - lends itself to a variety of career paths
  - supports many contrasting theoretical viewpoints
* discipline with a bright future
  - many different branches and areas of application
* diverse and exciting field
  - field with room for students with many different interests and abilities
* diversified and flexible discipline that can accommodate a wide range of interests
  - scientific approach to the understanding of human and animal behavior
* draws on a variety of other disciplines in both the life and social sciences.
* dynamic and evolving science
  - growing discipline
* encompasses a very wide variety of areas of human activity
  - wide range of concerns
  - many different and unique fields of study
* evolves in a sociohistorical context.
* examines the complex nature of human behavior.
* faces the challenge of providing understanding both in personal and social arrangements.
* field of medicine
  - that includes many vibrant areas of intellectual interest
* focuses on the behavior and mental processes of the individual
  - of individual people
  - nature of individuals and their roles within groups
  - scientific study of behavior
  - study and explanation of patterns of individual behavior
* fundamental component of a liberal arts education.
* growing field with increasing influence in many parts of our society.
* has a much larger proportion of women than the other sciences
  - an identity problem
  - applications in many other professions as well, including nursing, medicine and law
* has both academic and applied branches
  - an applied side and a basic science side
  - links to the natural sciences, the social sciences and the arts
* has many different branches, each focusing on different issues
  - outlets of study
  - relatives, too
  - no means to deal with inherited behavioral disorders like addictions
  - three faces
  - two specific aspects - scientific and professional
* has, since World War II, become a science largely about healing.
* helps explain reasons for human behavior
  - to measure the probability that an aim is attainable
* huge part of racing.
* humanistic fraud that has been entered the Christian church.
* impacts every area and aspect of our lives.
* includes one third of a year in statistics
  - studying phenomena that are mental or cognitive
* investigates the nature of mind and behavior.
* involves conducting research with human participants
  - investigation of mental processes and behavior
  - scientic research
  - the scientific investigation of human behavior and experience
* involves the study of behavior
  - human behavior and mental processes
  - thinking, feeling, and behavior
* is about helping, helping people develop in a more complete and fulfilling way
  - measurement of human and animal behavior
  - people and animals
* is about the biological, cognitive and emotional basis of human conduct
  - understanding of individuals, groups, organisations, society and cultures
  - understanding the mind with the mind
  - actually biology
  - also a profession that seeks to change behavior for the betterment of humankind
* is also a profession which applies scientific principles to special problems
  - is committed to helping people
  - art and a profession as well as a science
* is an empirical science
  - way to study the mind
  - even more pure form of secular humanism than sociology
  - evolving and changing field
  - extraordinarily diverse field with hundreds of career paths
  - independent discipline, which is taught in universities and colleges
  - introduction to the scientific study of human behavior
  - based in both the social and natural sciences
* is both a domain of scientific inquiry and a field of applied practice
  - natural and a social science in which people study human and animal behavior
  - research science and a clinical area
* is both a science and a profes- sion
  - way of being
  - an applied and academic field that studies the human mind and behavior
  - called a social science but our methods of investigation are rigorous
  - clearly relevant to everyone's life every day
  - compared to and contrasted with other sciences, noting commonalities and differences
* is composed of many sub-areas
  - several areas of specialization
* is concerned with general human capacities, such as attention and memory
  - how people perceive, learn, feel, think, and interact with others
* is concerned with the consistency and variability of behaviour
  - intricate study of the human mind and behavior
* is considered a non-science
  - by some to be a science, while others consider it to be an art
  - to be both a natural science and a social science
  - deterministic
  - divided up into different areas that psychologists often call perspectives
  - essentially an observational and experimental science
  - founded on eight false premises that are all humanistic from the core
  - however, different from other sciences
  - largely an empirical subject
  - less a set of sciences than monastic orders
  - much larger than a corner of the health care system
  - mythology in that it pays attention to the stories of the soul
  - one branch of the social sciences
* is one of the basic majors in liberal arts and sciences
  - broadest fields of academic study and practical application
  - fastest growing areas for employment in America
  - fastest-growing majors in college
  - few disciplines which straddles both the natural and social sciences
* is one of the most exciting and socially relevant of the human sciences
  - popular university degree programs
  - rewarding fields a person can enter
  - physics applied to the mind
* is primarily an experimental and laboratory science
  - concerned with the study of mental activity
  - related to many fields because human behavior has an impact on almost every field
* is the branch of medicine that deals with the study and treatment of behavior
  - driving force for today's education programs
  - empirical and theoretical study of behavior and mental life
  - fascinating study of behavior and mental processes
  - intercultural field's other antecedent discipline
  - investigation of behavior that occurs regularly
  - kind of field bound by countless rules
  - latest instrument to keep people oppressed
  - most deceiving of all ideas to be integrated into church life
* is the science of behavior and experience
  - that investigates why humans think, feel, and act as they do
  - how people think and feel
  - our era
* is the science of the behavior of living organisms, especially human beings
  - intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man
  - thought and behavior
* is the science that investigates mental states directly
  - studies how individual people and animals behave
* is the science that studies the behavior of organisms
  - mental processes and the behavior of humans and animals
  - why human beings and animals behave as they do
* is the scientific inquiry into many aspects of the human mind and experience
* is the scientific study of behavior and cognitive processes
  - and the mental processes that determine behavior
  - and the mind
  - in both humans and animals
  - behavior, especially human behavior
* is the scientific study of behaviour and experience
  - covert and overt behavior in humans and animals
* is the scientific study of human and animal behavior and mental processes
  - and animal behavior, and it's a diverse field
  - behavior and thought
* is the scientific study of mental processes and behavior
* is the scientific study of the human body, mind, and character
  - mental processes and behavior of organisms
  - thinking, emotion, and behavior
  - thought, emotion and behaviour
* is the second most popular major in the United States
  - undergraduate degree in the United States
* is the study of a. the human mind
  - animal and human behavior and of cognitive processes and thought
* is the study of behavior and experience
  - the science with the most to say about compatibility
  - how people think and behave
* is the study of how the human mind works
* is the study of human and animal behavior and mental processes
* is the study of human behavior and cognitive processes
  - and how it affects the individual
  - and mental activity
  - and the working of the mind
  - individual human beings
  - mental processes, affective states, and behaviors of individuals
  - people and the ways in which they think, act, react, and interact
* is the study of the human mind, and human and animal behavior
  - interplay and interchange of the levels of psychic material
* is the study of the mind and behavior
  - and of human behaviour
  - and the ways of thought
  - mind, behavior and thinking
  - psyche or soul
  - what and how of behavior
* is the systematic and scientific study of behavior and experience
  - application of science to helping people who are mentally disturbed
* is the systematic study of human experience, development and behaviour
  - thought, behaviour and their underlying mechanisms
  - systematic, scientific study of human behavior
  - the scientific study of behavior and thought
  - theoretically diverse
  - thus both a science and an ai t or a profession
  - to be treated as a natural science
  - very important in investing, and people get mesmerized by moves like that
* is, at once, both a science and a practice.
* is, essentially, the scientific study of behavior and can be approached numerous ways
* lacks an overarching perspective which brings the brain, mind and behavior together.
* large, diverse field.
* linking discipline.
* literally means the study of psyche.
* means the study of the soul.
* now has an objective measurement tool with which to examine the workings of the mind.
* offers a scientific framework for understanding the how and why of human behavior
  - an in-depth exploration of human behavior patterns
* operates in the same way as logic - pure freedom tends to subvert liberty.
* philosophy and a religion.
* plays a huge role in the market
  - key role in society
  - major role in America s courtrooms
  - role in how a player performs
  - significant role in questions of preservation and access
  - an important part in understanding and changing unsafe behaviours on the road
* popular undergraduate specialization.
* practical science.
* provides a general picture of how persons are put together
  - for assessment of intellectual and adaptive functions
  - training in a variety of very important skills
* pseudo-science with no defined provable criteria on which to base their beliefs.
* rapidly growing and developing profession based on the scientific discipline.
* rigorous empirical disciplne.
* scholarly discipline, a scientific field, and a professional activity.
* science AND a profession
  - and psychologists are scientists
* science based on empirical results
  - experimentation or statistical surveys
  - concerned with the study of behavior
* science of great fertility, exploration, and dynamic change
  - that rests on a foundation of research
* science which searches for answers to a myriad of questions about behavior
  - myriad questions about behavior and thinking
  - with a specific focus on behavior
* science, a data-based scientific study of behavior and mental processes
  - an academic discipline, and a time-honored profession
  - concerned with the intricacies of human character and human behavior
  - hence it is important for students to understand the scientific method
* scientific endeavor and can therefore discover truth through natural revelation.
* seeks to explain the mind.
* sees itself as part of the natural sciences.
* shares other things with natural sciences, as well.
* similar pseudo-scientific profession staffed by psychiatry wannabees.
* soft science.
* stands as a bridge between many worlds.
* strives to describe, predict, understand, and control behaviour and mental processes
  - understand why people behave as they do
* studies our experience of the world as individuals and our experience of each other
  - the behavior of both humans and animals
* takes the individual as the unit.
* therefore is the systematic study of behaviour and experience.
* tremendously varied field.
* tries to explain why people act, think, and feel as they do.
* vast discipline.
* versatile, inherently interdisciplinary, and multi-methodological enterprise.
* very broad field, encompassing the scientific study of all aspects of behavior
  - diverse field with endless applications in both public and private life
  - graphic discipline
  - popular subject concerning the study of human behaviour
* widely diverse field with many different career paths to take.
* young and a dynamic science and profession.
* young science covering an extremely diverse and fractionated subject matter
  - that often touches on issues in our lives that stir up controversy
+ Carl Jung: 1875 births :: 1961 deaths :: Disease-related deaths in Switzerland :: Psychiatrists :: Psychoanalysts :: Psychologists :: Swiss people
  * He created many theories and ideas that are still used in psychology today. Psychology is the science of how people think and feel. His kind of psychology was called analytical psychology or 'Jungian Analysis'.
+ Human body, Fields of study: Anatomy
  * Psychology is a field of medicine. It looks at how people think and feel. The brain is part of the body. How we think and feel comes from the brain. So psychologists study the body. They study how the brain lets us be who we are.
+ Human, Psychology: Hominins
  * Psychology is the study of how the human mind works. The human brain controls everything the body does. Everything from moving and breathing to thinking is done by the brain. Neurology is the study of how the brain works, psychology is the study of how and why people think and feel.
  * Psychology deals mainly with humans but also sometimes with animals. Because psychology is difficult to study as a whole, psychologists often only look at small parts of it at a time. Psychology has much in common with many other fields, and overlaps with many of them. Some of these fields are medicine, ethology, computer science, and linguistics.
+ Psychology, Methods, Scientific approaches
  * Psychology shares other things with natural sciences, as well. For example, a good psychological theory may be possible to prove wrong. This is called falsifiability.