introduction to pychology

1. INTRODUCTION
TO PSYCHOLOGY
Amrina abid

2. DEFINITIONS
• Psychology is a study of soul.
• Psychology is a study of mind.
• Psychology is a stud of conscious.
• Psychology is a study of behavior.
• It is a scientific study of human behavior.

3. Origin of psychology
◦ The word psychology is a combination of two words
◦ derived from Greek word ”psyche” meaning “breathe, spirit, soul” and “logos”
means “study of something”
◦ Psychology is defined as mental characteristics or attitude of a person or group.
◦ It can be defined as mental and emotional factors governing a situation or activity.

4. other terms in psychology
Mind : functioning and processing in brain is called mind.
Conscious: awareness about something.
conscious
Subconscious
It is half of
conscious
Unconscious
Unawareness we
do can not recall