2. Psychology : is the science of behavior and mind,
including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well
as feeling and thought. It is an academic discipline of immense
scope and diverse interests that, when taken together, seek an
understanding of the emergent properties of brains, and all the
variety of epiphenomena they manifest.
3. The ancient civilizations of Egypt , Greece, China, India,
and Persia all engaged in the philosophical study of
psychology. Historians note that Greek philosophers,
including Thales, Plato, and Aristotle (especially in his De
Anima treatise), addressed the workings of the mind. As early
as the 4th century BC, Greek physician Hippocrates theorized
that mental disorders had physical rather than supernatural
causes.
4. Behavior - action. The means to adjust an organism to the
environment.
Behavior is determined by specific circumstance, social and
cultural context, and mental condition of an individual.
Scientific – collecting data with the scientific method to make
evidence-based conclusions.
Individual – Subject of analysis. Human, animal, etc: Any subject
that we are observing.
Mental process – mechanism of human mind. Background (internal)
actions of the behavior.
5. Health psychology is the study of psychological and
behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. It is
concerned with understanding how psychological,
behavioral, and cultural factors contribute to
physical health and illness. Psychological factors can
affect health directly
6. personality is the complex set of psychological qualities
(traits) that influence an individual’s characteristic patterns of
behavior across different situations and over time.
7. Personality theories trying to understand the uniqueness of
individual, and how do we provide characteristic patterns of behavior.
Trait personality theories
Psychodynamic theories
Humanistic theories
Social-learning and cognitive theories
Self-theories
Comparing personality theories
How do we assess personality?
8. How do we describe ourselves or other persons?
Traits are enduring qualities or attributes that predispose
individuals to behave consistently across situations.
Humans have natural tendency for people to classify their
own and others’ behavior along different dimensions.
