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What is Psychology?
Having a good grasp of what psychology is all about is essential for anybody wanting to study the topic in greater depth. Now this may sound like a really obvious thing to state but psychology is a term that is often misunderstood and used around without any real consideration as to its actual meaning.
A classic case in point being the usual response you get from people when you tell them that you teach psychology; namely, "I better be careful what I say", or "so do you know what I'm thinking then?
Confusion over the meaning of psychology is not restricted to members of the public. When I first started teaching I met a number of psychology students coming towards the end of their degree that admitted that they were still not 100% sure what psychology was!
Having a good grasp of what psychology is all about is essential for anybody wanting to study the topic in greater depth. Now this may sound like a really obvious thing to state but psychology is a term that is often misunderstood and used around without any real consideration as to its actual meaning.
A classic case in point being the usual response you get from people when you tell them that you teach psychology; namely, "I better be careful what I say", or "so do you know what I'm thinking then?
Confusion over the meaning of psychology is not restricted to members of the public. When I first started teaching I met a number of psychology students coming towards the end of their degree that admitted that they were still not 100% sure what psychology was!
