what is psychology

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what is psychology?
scientific
The study of how we

• think,
• learn,
• feel,
• perceive,
• act,
• interact with others,
• and even understand ourselves

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psychology as science
The scientific study of how we
natural science
social science
The science of the
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psychology as science
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psychology and other scholarly fields
Social Sciences
Natural Sciences
Humanities
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the dialectical evolution of ideas
Goal of thinking
thesis
antithesis
synthesis
thesis
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brief intellectual history of psychology
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the beginning Greece/Rome
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the beginning the people
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the beginning the people
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the Renaissance