Author : David Matsumoto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Year : 2009
Page : 606
Language : English
File Type : Pdf
Size : 7.910 KB
Review : Dictionary of Psychology, is book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, and the like dictionary of psychology. The study of the mind including consciousness, perception, motivation, behavior, the biology of the nervous system in its relation to mind, scientific methods of studying the mind, cognition, social interactions in relation to mind, individual differences, and the application of these approaches to practical problems in organization and commerce and
especially to the alleviation of suffering. It is perhaps most fi tting that a dictionary of psychology begins with defi nitions of the terms dictionary and psychology. This is the definition of psychology presented in this work, and it highlights several important points concerning this dictionary. First, psychology is broad. Its contents range from the microlevel neural processes that form the building blocks of thought, feeling, and action to the macrolevel social and cultural processes that bind us with our primate relatives in our evolutionary history and define our collectives. For that reason, a dictionary of psychology needs to include terms and concepts related to neural structures, chemicals, transmitters, genes, and anatomy, as much as it needs to include social processes, network analysis, and cultural norms and artifacts. It also needs to include concepts related to the array of abnormal behaviors and methods related to their treatment.
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