Wednesday, September 16, 2009

I used to believe psychology was only about human behavior and the way people interact with each other. But it's not only that I have learned. It is also about what molds people to what they are and how they act. All people feel different feelings at different times. Psychology affects your life because in life you go through different experiences and psychology is the study of why you acted the way you did at that time, whether you were angry or excited. I learned that it is important to not only be skeptical but humility. I found that interesting because to get to the underlying idea of things you must be aware of our own vulnerability and know how we will act if certain things occur. The other thing i learned that i thought was really intriging is how important theories are when trying to research psychology. i thought this was interesting because I understand now that it's an important step because it summarizes everything that was found in the research and at an easier way to review it.

4 comments:

  1. Before reading the prologue and chapter 1, I also believed that psychology delt with just the human mind and the way people react together. I also agree that you need to know yourself completely and your reason for your actions before you try to realize other's motives. I never realized how important theories were also before reading this chapter. There are alot more than i believed.

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  2. wow, you seem like you know what you are talking about. I thought the same thing and once i read the chapter i figured out basically what you said. Psychology is a major part of everyone's life. Not everyone knows it but we all think about what made a person angry or happy and the theories are basically this.

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  3. I too thought that psychology was interesting in the aspect that we experience it everyday and don't realize it. With all the different moods we go through during a day and the way we react to other people's actions and attitudes. It is weird thinking we use psychology but never realize it.

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  4. I also figured out that psychology is really important, and everyone acts differently because of their experiences.

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