CHAPTER NO.1

TOPIC NO.1
DEFINITION AND INTRODUCTION OF PSYCHOLOGY:

Etomology
Definition, psychology is scientific study of behaviour of organism and their mental processes
Elements of definition:
1.scientific method
2. behavour
Cognitive
Emotionals
Actions
3. individual
4 mental processes
Psychology as science of soul
Rejection
Psychology as study of mind
Rejection
Psychology as study of consciousness
Rejection
Modern definition: Psychology s study of behaviour
Some more definition


TOPIC NO.2
GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY:

FOUR GOALS:

1.DESCRIPTION:
Broader level of analysis
Narrower level of analysis
Smaller level of analysis
Objective description
Subjective description
2. EXPLANATION:
Internal explanation
External explanation
Combined explanation
3 PREDICTIONS:
Scientific prediction
Casual prediction
4. CONTROL OR MODIFICATION:

Zimbardo and rush added a 5th goal
5.IMROVING QUALITY OF BEHAVIOUR.

TOPIC NO3
SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY/ APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY:

1.BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY/PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
2DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
3EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY/SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY
4SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
5CRIMINAL/FORENCIS PSYCHOLOGY
6ABNORMAL / HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
7CLINICAL/COUNSELLING/COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
8INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATONAL/HUMAN FACTOR PSYCHOLOGY
9BUISNESS PSYCHOLOGY
10EXPERIMENTALPSYCHOLOGY
11COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
12PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY
13SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY
14PSYCHOTHERAPY
15PSYCHIATRY



TOPIC: SCHOOL AND SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY:

OLD SYSTEMS

1.STRUCTURALISM
FOUNDER
INTROSPECTION
CRITICISM ON STRUCTURALISM
2.GESTALTISM
FOUNDER
3.FUNTIONALISM
FOUNDER
LEGACY OF FUNTIONALISM AND STRUCTURALISM

CURRENT PERSPECTIVES

4.PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH
FOUNDER
FRUED ID, EGO, SUPER EGO THEORY
NEOFRUEDIAN CONCEPTS
5.BEHAVIOURISM
FOUNDER
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
OPERANT CONDITIONING
NEOBEHAVIORISM

6.HUMANITISM
FOUNDER
SELF CENTERED THEORY
CLIENT CENTERED THEORY
MASLOW HIERARCHY OF HUMAN NEEDS
CRITICISM
7.COGNITIVE APPROACH
FOUNDER
S-O-R THEORY
COGNITIVE AS A HYBRID SCIENCE
JEAN PIAGET WORK
8BIOLOGICAL APPROACH
FOUNDER
BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENCE
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
9EVLUTIONARY APPROACH
DARWIN THEORY
10SOCIO-CULTURISM
CROSS CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

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