is the study of mind and behavior.

The 5 Basic Goal of Psychology

often in minute detail, what was observed as objectively as possible.

While descriptions come from observable data, psychologist must go beyond what is obvious and explain their observations. In other words, why did the subject do what he or she did?

Once we know what happened and why it happens, we can begin to speculate what will happen in the future. There’s an old saying; which very often holds true: “ the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior”

Once we know what happens, why it happens and what is likely to happen in the future, we can excerpt control over it. In other words, if we know you choose abusive partners because your father was abusive, we can assume you will choose another abusive partner therefore intervene to change this negative behavior.

Not only do psychologists attempt to control behavior, they want to do so in a positive manner, they want to improve a person’s life, not make it worse. This is not always the case, but it should always be the intention.

are two versatile terms which are used in numerous fields

Affective generally refers to

usage of affective and cognitive in relation to

cognitive is

Was an American philosopher and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States.

is the phenomenal self, the experienced self, or the self as known.

is the self-thought or the self-knower.

Sub Categories of Self

It is constituted by our bodies, clothes, immediate family and home. It is in this that we are attached more deeply into and therefore we are most affected because of the investment we give to these things.

It is based on our interactions with society and the reaction of people towards us. It is our social self that thought to lhave multiple divergences or different versions of ourselves. It varies as to how we present ourselves to a particular social group.

It is the most intimate because it is more satisfying for the person that they can argue and discriminate against one’s moral sensibility, conscience and indomitable will.

He was an American philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist, primarily affiliated with the University of Chicago, where he was one of several distinguished pragmatists.

the 2 types of self by herbert mead

is who an individual really is. It is manifested when one acts naturally for his/her own motivations and not because of others. It is also known as “unsocialized self”

is the awareness of how others expect one to behave. This part self is the careful and conscious. It is also known as “socialized self”

Was an American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology.

three components of self concept

as rooted from early infancy is called the simple being. The sense of self-based on spontaneous authentic experience and feeling of being alive, having “real self”. For example, as a baby, we react based on our sense of really. The baby reacts spontaneously based on our instinctive sense.

is our defense façade. Overlaying or contradicting the original sense of self. The problem would be we might build a false set of relationships through concealing a barren emptiness behind an independent seeming façade.

two types of self

includes feelings, emotions, attitudes, motivations, appreciation, etc.

includes knowledge and the development of mental or intellectual skills.

refers to the emotional reaction to something.

involves a person’s beliefs, ideas or knowledge about something.

refers to the feelings and sensations we get in response to someone else’s emotions.

is the ability to identify and understand another’s mental state or perspective.

it is a non-directive intervention because it believes that all people have the potential to solve their own problems. Rogers believes that people must be fully honest with themselves to have personal discover about themselves.