Psych 105 (2) - Lesson 5

Question 1

Misunderstandings of the major

Answer 1

view psychology as a humanity. Why? Is it because some colleges and
universities, like Penn State, include the Department of Psychology in the College of the Liberal Arts, which houses humanities and social
sciences together? Maybe.

But it’s more likely that people think this because, like many disciplines in the humanities, psychology focuses on human thought, culture, and the effects of experience.

Question 2

Pereception of Psych major as a humanity

NOT a humanity

Answer 2

Scientific goals and methods
intertested in:
1. Brain processes
2. nonhumans

Psychology grew from phiolosphy and religion could be additonal reason.