WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY??

THE TERM PSYCHOLOGY DERIVES FROM GREEK.
*PSYCHE MEANS SOUL OR MIND.
*LOGY MEANS STUDY.
DEFINITION-PSYCHOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF MIND AND SOUL.
AIMS OF PSYCHOLOGY STUDY-TO UNDERSTAND BEHAVIOR,BOTH HUMAN AND NONHUMAN.
PLATO EXAMINED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MIND AND BODY.
PSYCHOLOGY ONLY FOCUSES ON HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
-PSYCHODYNAMIC-SIGMUND FREUD(1986-1939)
-BEHAVIOURAL PERSPECTIVES-B.F SKINNER(1904-1990)
-HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVES-ABRAHAM MASLOW(1908-1970)
PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES-KARL LESLEY(1890-1958)
-GESTALT PERSPECTIVES-MAX WERTHEIMER(1880-1943)
-COGNITIVE PERSPECTUVES-AARON BACK(1921)

WHAT IS PERSONALITY?
-FROM A LATIN WORD PERSONA MEANING"MASK"IN ANCIENT GREECE.
-TO INDICATE THEIR CHARACTER.
-DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY?
*IS ABOUT THINKING,FEELING AND BEHAVING.