Close Up On Psychology by Jill Reich-editor (paperback) 1997

Description: Psychology is typically defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Let us consider this definition carefully, as there are some important elements in it. First, psychology is a science. This initially may seem to be an odd notion to you, because psychology in your school may be in the social studies department, or the word science may conjure up images of test tubes and dissections. Actually, both of these images are partially correct and partially incorrect in reference to psychology. Psychology is a behavioral science. This means that it deals with social behavior such as prejudice, personal behavior such as personality development, and biological behavior such as how the nervous system affects our functioning and how what we do affects our nervous system. But, subject matter aside, psychology is a science because it uses the scientific method in its efforts to understand, explain, and predict how organisms behave and think. Some might say that the answers to questions about how people behave and think are just common sense, but, as you learn more about psychology, you will begin to realize that many things that we assume to be true, because they are common sense, are neither common nor sensical. These "truths" simply do not hold up in the face of scientific investigation. This is one of the most exciting things about psychology. It grabs our attention with its questions, and leads us to answers and conclusions we may not have anticipated. A second important element in the definition of psychology is be-havior. Behavior can be either overt (easily and openly observable) or...(preface)

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