WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?

Human well-being.

The term psychology is derived from two Greek words 'psyche' meaning soul and 'logos' meaning science or study of a subject.

Soul and mind.

Biological and Social.

Defined formally as a science which studies mental processes, experiences and behaviour in different contexts.

State of consciousness or awareness.

• mutually overlapping, not identical.
  - physical structure or has a location.
  - Mind: Evolves as interactions and experiences get dynamically
  organised as a system responsible for mental processes.
  - Brain provides clues as to how our mind functions.

Remembering, learning, knowing, perceiving, feeling.

• Subjective in nature.
• Embedded in our awareness or consciousness.
• Influenced by internal and the external conditions of the

• Subjective.
  - Can only be understood by analysing a complex set of internal
  and external conditions.

• Responses or reactions we make or activities we engage in.
  - Association between stimulus (S) and response (R).
  - [(S) and (R) can be internal/ external]

Overt: Can be outwardly seen/ sensed by an observer.

Our own points of view/ ways influence our interpretations of behaviours and experiences.