An Introduction To Psychology — Flashcards

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Psychology is a systematic and scientific study of mental processes, experiences, and behaviours. It studies both overt behaviour that can be seen and covert behaviour that cannot be seen directly.

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Psyche means spirit or soul, and logos means discourse or study. These two Greek words form the word psychology.

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Psychology was initially considered a discipline dealing with the study of soul. Later, it developed into a scientific study of mental processes, experiences, and behaviour.

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Wilhelm Wundt established the first experimental laboratory of psychology at the University of Leipzig in Germany in 1879. This marked the formal beginning of psychology as an independent discipline i…

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Modern psychology in India began at Calcutta University in 1916 with the establishment of the Department of Psychology.

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Psychology encompasses three components: experience, behaviour, and mental processes. These together form the subject matter of psychology.

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The study of experience focuses on personal and private human experiences such as dreams, conscious experiences at different stages of life, and experiences during meditation or altered consciousness.

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Mental processes are internal activities such as perception, learning, remembering, and thinking. They are not directly observed; they are inferred from behaviour.