AP Psych summer project
Subject:
Psychology [1]
Prologue: The Story of Psychology Notes Psychology?s Roots Psychology developed from international roots in philosophy and biology It?s a science that explains how we think, feel, and act The definition of psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes Behavior is anything an organism does, an action that can be observed or recorded Mental processes are internal and subjective experiences we infer from behaviors Psychology is a science I?ve had the fact that psychology is a science drilled into my head for awhile. My cousin has a PhD in psychology and her sister always tell her it isn?t an actual science to make fun of her. She gets really mad at her It?s more of questioning and answering, rather than a set of findings; It aims to describe human nature