Wp/aig/Psychology
Psychology be de study ah de mind. Ee look at thoughts, feelings, an' actions in humans an' animals. Psychology try explain how de mind wuk. Ee also watch how weh we do relate to how weh we tink.[1][2][3]
Plenty ah de research in psychology deal wid humans, but dey also use animals in research. Examples ah dis be classical conditioning an' operant conditioning.[4][5] Psychology be one big subject. Ee cover nuff topics an' split up inna branches. Psychology got plenty similarities wid odda research fields like anatomy, biology, neuroscience, an' physiology.
A person who wuk in de field ah psychology dem call 'em a psychologist. A psychologist try undastan how de mind wuk so dey could help people an' animals. Dey gotta go through plenty years ah higher education fi become a professional. Dese practitioners try explain how de mind wuk pon its own (individual) an' wid others (social). Dey also see how de mind affect de body. Dey wuk wit social, behavioral, an' cognitive sciences.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Fernald L.D. 2008. Psychology: six perspectives (pp. 12–15). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- ↑ Hockenbury & Hockenbury. 2010. Psychology. Worth Publishers.
- ↑ O'Neil, H.F.; cited in Coon D. & Mitterer J.O. 2008. Introduction to psychology: gateways to mind and behavior 12th ed, Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning, pp. 15–16.
- ↑ Hamm, M., & Mitchell, R. W. (1997). The interpretation of animal psychology: anthropomorphism or behavior reading?. Behaviour, 134(3-4), 173-204.
- ↑ Tooby, J., & Cosmides, L. (1989). Adaption versus phylogeny: The role of animal psychology in the study of human behavior. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 2(3).