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Or How I Started to like the taste of Kool- Aid Intro to Psychology Or How I Started to like the taste of Kool- Aid

PSYCHOLOGY First of all learn to spell the word Psychology. Next, Who Can define Psychology?

No Idiot, Psychology is not the “Science of Mind.”

Yet, you might not be so stupid after all. After all psychology translated means :Science of the Mind. Psyche- mind/soul ology- science of

. So you really aren’t an idiot. Its just that it cannot be the science of the mind because not only is the mind a terrible thing to waste but it really does not exist. (no physical reality) We call things like mind, intelligence, motivation – constructs. Let me give you an example. . . . . .Pretend like I’m a serial killer sexual masochist. . . . . . . . . .

Great story Ms Daniel. But you haven’t answered the question Great story Ms Daniel . . . . But you haven’t answered the question. . . . . We are dying to know- WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY? Well the answer is a little complicated. . . .The definition has evolved over time. Psychology first started in 1879 Wilhelm Wundts’ lab in Leipzig, Germany . It started as the Science of Mental Processes.

Yet, the Behaviorists in the 1920s believed that psychology should be a pure science and you couldn’t study mental processes- scientifically. The changed the definition in 1920s to the science of behavior. The Cognitive School in the 1950’s said something revolutionary. The said. . . . . . . .

BULL SHCRAP

They said you can study mental processes using the scientific method They said you can study mental processes using the scientific method. If you want, I can show you a quick demonstration. I promise I will not take off my clothes.

How do you define Psychology? Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

Review 1) Translate psychology. 2) Define psychology 3) Who was the founder of psychology? 4) What year was psychology founded?