What Is Psychology?

Ok, before entering this blog, we must first find out what is about. Well this blog deals with the study of the mind also known as psychology. For those who are not familiar with the science, a brief introduction shall be presented.
Well psychology can be said as the integration between Philosophy and Neurobiology. In dictionary terms, it is called the study behaviors and mental processes. Thus, psychology tries to examine and explain how we think and why we think as we do. “Psychology is both an applied and academic field that studies the human mind and behavior. Research in psychology seeks to understand and explain thought, emotion and behavior. Applications of psychology include mental health treatment, performance enhancement, self-help, ergonomics and many other areas affecting health and daily life."
Psychology embodies various interesting topics such as, memory, language, intelligence, IQ, mental disorders, nature vs. nurture, emotions, personality, human development, to name a few. Another thing to note is that psychology embodies so many things that it is almost everywhere you look at. Psychologists today know use more empirical scientific methods to understand, explain, and predict human behavior. Psychological studies are highly structured, beginning with a hypothesis that is then empirically tested. Psychology has two major areas of focus: academic psychology and applied psychology. Academic psychology focuses on the study of different sub-topics within psychology including personality psychology, social psychology and developmental psychology.
Being a therapist isn't the only thing you can do as a psychologist, you can be a consultant, advertising agent, counselor, criminal investigator, editor, employment recruiter, guidance counselor, human resource manager, journalist, physician, social worker, teacher, university professor, statistician and many other job titles.
These psychologists conduct basic research that seeks to expand our theoretical knowledge, while other researchers conduct applied research that seeks to solve everyday problems. Applied psychology focuses on the use of different psychological principles to solve real world problems. Examples of applied areas of psychology include forensic, ergonomics, and industrial-organizational psychology many other psychologists work as therapists, helping people overcome mental, behavioral and emotional disorders.
Well that enough for now, in a later blog we can discuss the history of this exciting field of science.

References:
About.com -Psychology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology