Psychology: Understanding Self and Others

We often experience moods of anger and joy. We do have remarkable ability to learn and memorize poems, stories and events. We often notice powerful effect of leaders on the behaviour of followers. While interacting in groups we often experience conflict and cooperation. At times some of us suffer from depression, hyper-anxiety, etc. All of us remain curious to know about the causes of these happenings and try to make sense in our own ways. Our understanding is often based on beliefs and personal experiences which may not be true. The knowledge gathered in this way cannot be used to formulate theories or to solve problems faced by people in their lives. We need dependable and relatively accurate understanding of the principles describing the working of human mind and behaviour. Psychology is the subject that provides insights into various aspects of human behaviour. In this lesson you will learn about the nature of psychology, activities of psychologists and different branches of psychology.