Sunday, March 8, 2009

Psychology
-is derived from the Greek word "psyche" which means soul and "logos" which means discourse, knowledge or study.
- it is a science that concerns primarily with those questions man has asked himself.
- it can aid your own search for understanding about memory, stress, memory, love,persuasion, hypnosis, perception, death, etc.

METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH
1. Inspection Method
2.Observation Method
3.Experimental Method
4. Survey Method
5.Empericism (empirical method)


Psychology started from the idea of Greek philosophers, which use the assumptions without verifying them and did much speculation about the motivational aspects of human behavior.


Different Schools of Psychology
Structuralism
Functionalism
Gestalt
Behaviorism
Psychoanalysis

Branches of Psychology
General Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Comparative Psychology
Legal/Forensic Psychology
Social Psychology
Parapsychology
Abnormal Psychology
Counseling Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Educational Psychology
Industrial- Organizational Psychology

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