What Is Psychology - INTRODUCTION
What Is Psychology - INTRODUCTION
What Is Psychology - INTRODUCTION
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: