What is psychology?

First of all, the definition of psychology

If answered from an academic point of view, psychology is a discipline that studies psychological phenomena and psychological laws.

Psychological phenomena include individual psychology, individual psychology and behavior, individual consciousness and unconsciousness, individual psychology and social psychology.

Psychology mainly studies psychological process and personality psychology. Psychological process includes the process of acquiring and using knowledge (feeling, perception, memory, imagination, thinking, language, etc.). ), emotional process and will process. Personality psychology includes psychological motivation (demand, motivation, interest, values, etc. ) and psychological characteristics (ability, temperament, personality).

Simply put, psychology is a science that studies how people perceive and adapt to the world and how to live a happier life.

Second, the research field of psychology

From the research field of psychology, there are physiological psychology (the relationship between physiological process and psychological activities), developmental psychology (the development course and law of human life), educational psychology, medical psychology, industrial psychology, social psychology and so on.

Third, a brief history of psychology development

Psychology draws nutrition from philosophy and physiology. First of all, Freudian psychoanalysis focuses on treating abnormal people, then behaviorism shapes people, and then humanistic positive psychology focuses on healthy people, making people live happier.

Fourth, summary.

In other words, psychology is closely related to each of us and affects our daily life and work.

I read an article about ten misunderstood majors before. Psychology ranks first in the article. The general public's misunderstanding of psychology can be seen. Honestly, it's not everyone's fault. Because psychology was cut off during the Cultural Revolution. The development of psychology in China has been blocked for more than 20 years. Although psychology has developed rapidly in recent years, the low starting point can not be ignored.

To understand what psychology is, we can start with the research object of psychology. Psychological research, individual feelings, perception, memory, imagination, thinking, emotional suppression and other very abstract things. For example, how do individuals perceive things, and what are the rules? What is the law of individual memory and so on.

Psychology belongs to Neo-Confucianism in discipline classification. Psychology advocates empirical research. Enthusiastic about research, a psychological phenomenon that can be observed repeatedly. For example, memory can be verified repeatedly. Although there are different differences between different individuals.

Can psychology see through your heart? I think everyone is curious about this question. You are a psychology major. Whenever people around me ask me what my major is, I say psychology. The other person will be silent for a while and then ask you what I am thinking now. Psychology is not mind reading. Psychology students can't see through other people's hearts.

The psychological concept in China's traditional concept is not the same as the discipline standard defined by Europe, America and the West, but its internal essential function is actually the same thing. In ancient China, it was called "Mind Learning" (Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism), which developed into a modern science to study the laws of mental health from birth to old age.

This topic is closely related to China's traditional philosophy. Of course, people engaged in psychological research should learn from the experience of foreign fashionable psychology disciplines, but the finer the disciplines, the wider the knowledge will not be. Of course, this is my personal understanding.

For example, I have worked in agriculture, science and technology, and cultural industry management, commonly known as "universal oil". There is also the basic medical theory and treatment practice of traditional Chinese medicine, and I have come into contact with people from ordinary families with different knowledge levels and classes in society. Because of this identity, almost everyone I meet likes to be close to me. And I was basically unprepared. Between classmates and friends, some families and individuals will talk to me about the adverse effects of contradictions or psychological problems. So I found:

As a psychologist, when the most basic and mental health problems fail, the minimum integrity and communication between doctors and patients is the foundation. Otherwise, the treatment effect is often not obvious.

10 13 I met an unmarried girl who was a pharmacy foreman when I was treating my old mother in Tang Yixin, opposite my home. She saw that my prescription was prescribed by herself, so she consulted me while taking medicine, saying that her knee behind her leg had been wet diagnosed for more than a month recently, and several Chinese medicine practitioners could not cure it. What can I do? At that time, I was busy with housework and asked her to leave the WeChat qq number. When I get back, I'll ask her to tell me the whole story and symptoms in detail.

The results showed that varicose veins were the internal cause, which led to poor circulation of qi and blood. In addition, the nature of work and long standing time had an ambiguous relationship with wind, heat and humidity. After I cured her, five years later, this lady got married. She gave birth to a second child this year, and her pregnancy was poor. She reacted strongly and went back to her hometown to recuperate. Suddenly one day asked me: there is really no way to persist! Ask me for help.

I know that this girl is a "teacher divination" in Yi Xue (the core relic divination of life). Women who divine often have disharmony between liver and stomach, and the symptoms in early pregnancy are more serious. Western medicine treatment commonly used infusion to relieve stomach spasm. Poor physical fitness can lead to serious consequences.

So she used three methods: first, she sent acupuncture points (hands and feet) on her mobile phone, suggesting that she or her family use "pointers" to help relieve tension; The second is to pass on the experience of Shanghai Medical University on traditional Chinese medicine treatment; Third, it is psychological counseling: her first child had such a reaction when she was pregnant with a baby, and the second child was already in her early thirties. I told her on WeChat: Be sure to hold on, because this baby you are pregnant with is different from others. As long as it lasts for half a month to 1 month, 120 days, it will slow down. This child will go far in the future!

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