Psychology

=Definition:= The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Gen Psych, Chapter 1, Pg. 3toc

= Examples: = The following are some of the top 10 practical uses for psychology in everyday life. 1. Get Motivated 2. Improve Your Leadership Skills 3. Become a Better Communicator 4. Learn to Better Understand Others 5. Make More Accurate Decisions 6. Improve Your Memory 7. Make Wiser Financial Decisions 8. Get Better Grades 9. Become More Productive 10. Be Healthier

= Analogies: = In ancient Greek the word //αναλογια// (//analogia//) originally meant [|proportionality], in the mathematical sense, and it was indeed sometimes translated to Latin as //proportio//. From there analogy was understood as **identity of relation** between any two [|ordered pairs], whether of mathematical nature or not. [|Kant's] //[|Critique of Judgment]// held to this notion. Kant argued that there can be exactly the same [|relation] between two completely different objects. The same notion of analogy was used in the [|US]-based [|SAT] tests, that included "analogy questions" in the form "A is to B as C is to //what//?" For example, "Hand is to palm as foot is to ?" These questions were usually given in the Aristotelian format: HAND : PALM : : FOOT :

Mnemonics:
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
 * S**ensorimotor, **P**re-operational, **C**oncrete-operational, **F**ormal-operational
 * S**mart **P**eople **C**ook **F**ish

Freud's Psychosexual Stages Of Development
 * O**ral, **A**nal, **P**hallic, **L**atency, **G**enital
 * O**range **A**ardvarks **P**unish **L**azy **G**oats

In the News:
[|Metro psychologist giving Halloween talk on contacting “the dead”] []

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