Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Mini Assignment 1

What is Psychology?

"The study of crazy people."

"Psychology is the study and use of a human’s personal emotions, feelings, perceptions, and preconceived ideas for the betterment of that person and society as a whole."

"Looking into the psyche of people and deciding how they tick."

"A subject that is studied in college that has no true purpose other than to regurgitate gibberish from so called intellectuals who do no work and add nothing to society."

Psychology is performed by psychiatrists who help diagnose and treat mental disorders."

There were an interesting array of answers given when I asked the question, "What is psychology?" My favorite answer was the most straight forward answer. "
Looking into the psyche of people and deciding how they tick." The most interesting aspect of asking people this question was that many of the people who I asked responded with a furrowed brow. Nobody had a straight forward answer and all had to take a moment to answer!