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An Introduction To Psychology

NIOS · Class 10 · Psychology

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Key Topics to Revise

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Meaning and Nature of Psychology

  • Psychology is a systematic and scientific study of mental processes, experiences and behaviours.
  • It studies both overt behaviour and covert mental activities.
  • Psychology was initially considered a discipline dealing with the study of soul.
2

Components and Scope of Psychology

  • Psychology encompasses three components: experience, behaviour, and mental processes.
  • Study of experience focuses on personal and private experiences such as dreams and altered states of consciousness.
  • Study of mental processes includes perception, learning, remembering and thinking.
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Basic Psychological Processes

  • The basic psychological processes are sensation, attention, perception, learning, memory, and thinking.
  • Sensation is awareness of stimuli in different senses such as vision, hearing, touch and taste.
  • Attention means selective focus on one stimulus among many stimuli.
4

Fields of Psychology

  • Abnormal Psychology describes, assesses, predicts and controls unusual and non-normative behaviour.
  • Abnormal Psychology assesses abnormality through standardized psycho-diagnostic tools and suggests problem-specific treatment.
  • Cognitive Psychology deals with the acquisition, storage, transformation and application of information.

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Psychology is a systematic and scientificThe word psychology comes from twoPsychology includes three main componentsMental processes include perceptionBehaviour includes simple reflexes and complex

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