What Is Psychology - INTRODUCTION

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What is

psychology??
How its definition evolved?
Subject matter of psychology

• Motor
conative
activities

• Mental
cognitive processe
s

• Sensatio
affective n of
feelings
Psychology in laboratory:
Feldman (1990)
Scientific study of human behaviour and mental
processes.
Operationalize the definition:

 Science
 Uses scientific methods
 Measures both overt as well as covert behaviour
Psychology as science:

 Systematic
 Empirical
 Measurements
 Prediction
 Generalisation
Scientific methods:

 Objectivity
 Reliability
 Validity
 Predictability
Covert and overt behaviour:
What determines our behaviour?
Approaches to psychology:

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