What is Psychology?

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    Sigmund Freud

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Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. There are 3 aspects to this definition: Science, Behavior, and Mental processes

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< -- One of the well-known figures in Psychology -- Sigmund Freud

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Science: Psychology uses systematic methods to observe, describe, predict and explain behavior

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Behavior: everything we do that can be directly observed- 2 people kissing, a baby crying, a college student riding a motorcycle

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Mental processes: trickier to define than behavior; they are the thoughts, feelings and motives that each of us experiences privately but that cannot be observed directly