Psychology can be defined as a systematic and scientific study of mental processes,behaviour and experiences. It covers the aspects of experiences,mental processes and behaviours. Such a study was there during Vedic and Upanishadic period in ancient India. In mordern time , it was introduced in 1916 when the Department of Psychology was set up at Calcutta University. In the western countries it was introduced as a dicipline in 1989 at the University of Leipzig in Germany
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Psychology studies various human experiences including dream,concious experiences and experiences when the conciousness changed through meditation . It covers various mental processes such as learning , thinking and remembering. It covers a broad smiling, common responses pattern like talking to friends, verbal reports about feeling and internal states and complex behaviours like playing music and addressing people.
The different components of Psychology are:
Study of experience: Psychology deals with various human experiences. It understands the personal world
of an individual after analyzing his various experiences. There are experiences of dream ,consciousness, experiences when consciousness changes due to use of psychedelic drugs.
Study of Mental Processes : It deals with various mental processes such as perception , thinking, learning and remembering . These processes are not psychological and cannot be directly observed.
Study of behaviour : It studies a broad range of behaviours ranging from simple reflexses like smiling, talking to friends and complex behaviours like handling computers , playing music and adressing people.
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| University of Leipzig in Germany |
Psychology studies various human experiences including dream,concious experiences and experiences when the conciousness changed through meditation . It covers various mental processes such as learning , thinking and remembering. It covers a broad smiling, common responses pattern like talking to friends, verbal reports about feeling and internal states and complex behaviours like playing music and addressing people.
The different components of Psychology are:
Study of experience: Psychology deals with various human experiences. It understands the personal world
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| One of the study of mental processes |
Study of Mental Processes : It deals with various mental processes such as perception , thinking, learning and remembering . These processes are not psychological and cannot be directly observed.
Study of behaviour : It studies a broad range of behaviours ranging from simple reflexses like smiling, talking to friends and complex behaviours like handling computers , playing music and adressing people.
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