PSY 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Substantia Nigra, Axon Terminal, Wilhelm Wundt
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Psychology is about figuring out what makes people so special. They have the largest geographical range, they radically reshape their environments, and this adaptability and power come from the mind. The scientific study of the mind and of behaviour. An academic discipline - a major subject of scientific study in colleges and universities, aimed at discovering how the mind works and what determines how people behave. A profession - which applies the results of scientific study to the healing of individuals (adapting to the world), making the world easier to function (adapting the world to people). Psychology is a science that tries to figure out how the human mind works, and ultimately, how it enables us to do all the remarkable things we do. What psychology has in common with physics, biology, and chemistry: the scientific. Psychology, biology, chemistry, and physics: applying the scientific method at different levels: Psychology deals with people and their behaviour.
