I N T R OD U C T I O N T O

P SY C H O LO G Y PRESENTED BY- DR. PUSHPLATA

ARYA, PT
ASST. PROF.
CES.
Y AND PARAMEDICAL SCIEN
SCHOOL OF PHYSIOTHERAP
LFAMS
PSYCHOLOGY
• PSYCHOLOGY THE WORD PSYCHOLOGY WAS DERIVED FROM TWO GREEK WORDS, NAMELY PSYCHE AND
LOGOS. PSYCHE MEANS SOUL AND LOGOS MEANS STUDY OR SCIENCE SO THE LITERAL MEANING OF THE
TERM PSYCHOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF SOUL.

• ACCORDING TO AMERICAN PROFESSOR WALTER BOWERS PILLSBURY PSYCHOLOGY IS DEFINED AS THE

SCIENCE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR.

• NLMUNN SAYS, “PSYCHOLOGY IS A SCIENCE AND THE PROPERLY TRAINED PSYCHOLOGIST IS A

SCIENTIST, OR AT LEAST A PRACTITIONER WHO USES SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND INFORMATION
RESULTING FROM SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION.”
• SOME DEFINITIONS PSYCHOLOGY IS DEFINED AS
• “THE STUDY OF SOUL”
• “THE SCIENCE OF SOUL”
• “THE SCIENCE OF MIND”
• “THE SCIENCE OF STUDY OF CONCIOUS EXPERIENCE”—(WILHELM WUNT, 1879)
• “WHAT THE PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE INTERESTED IN”—(WOODWORTH AND MARQUIS, 1947)
• “THE STUDY OF OBJECTIVE BEHAVIOUR BY SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE.”—(SCHOOL OF INTROSPECTIONISM)
• “THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR.”
• “THE SCIENCE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL”— (WOODWORTH AND MARQUIS)
• “THE SCIENCE OF EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOUR.”—(MUNN)
• ALL THE ABOVE DEFINITIONS ARE VAGUE AND NOT MORE TANGIBLE TO THE SUBJECT AND WHAT IT DEALS
ACTUALLY. THE DEFINITIONS SEEM TO BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE.

• TODAY MOST PSYCHOLOGISTS INCLUDE BOTH BEHAVIOUR AND MIND. PSYCHOLOGY MEANS “SCIENTIFIC
STUDY OF BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL PROCESSES AND THEY ARE AFFECTED BY THE ORGANISM’S PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL STATES AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT.”

• ACCORDING TO CT MORGAN “PSYCHOLOGY IS THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, AND IT
INCLUDES THE APPLICATION OF THIS SCIENCE TO HUMAN PROBLEMS.”
• PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE- A SCIENCE IS A BODY OF SYSTEMATIZED KNOWLEDGE THAT IS GATHERED BY
CAREFULLY OBSERVING AND MEASURING THE EVENTS.

• AS THE PSYCHOLOGY USES EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS, WHICH OTHERS CAN REPEAT, THIS ALSO
CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A SCIENCE
• APPLICATION OF PSYCHOLOGY IT IS OFTEN USED TO SOLVE THE “REAL-LIFE” PROBLEMS.

• WHAT IT MEANS—STUDY OF BEHAVIOUR INCLUDES ANYTHING A PERSON OR ANIMAL DOES THAT CAN BE
OBSERVED IN SOME WAY, UNLIKE MIND OR THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS. BEHAVIOUR IS THE AVENUE
THROUGH WHICH INTERNAL MENTAL EVENTS CAN BE STUDIED.
GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY

THE GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

• TO DESCRIBE BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL PROCESSES
• TO UNDERSTAND BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL PROCESSES
• TO PREDICT BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL PROCESSES
• TO CONTROL OR MODIFY BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL PROCESSES
SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY

• PSYCHOLOGY HAS ITS OWN SCOPE. INDEED THE SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY IS AS WIDE AND VARIED AS
HUMAN ACTIVITIES ARE. BUT IT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE NUMBER OF BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY, THE
WORK OF PSYCHOLOGIST AND HOW THE PRINCIPLES ARE APPLIED FOR THE BENEFIT OF MAN.
BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY
FOLLOWING ARE THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY:
• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
• COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
• SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
• EXPERIMENTAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
• INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
• SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
• DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
• COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
SOME APPLIED FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
• PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO CRIME
• PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO MILITARY AFFAIRS
• PSYCHOLOGY IN LAW
• PSYCHOLOGY IN ADMINISTRATION
• PSYCHOLOGY IN MENTAL HEALTH.
• THANK YOU…