Psychology And You

By Abigail Diaz

Psychology is a social science dedicated on understanding the mental behavior and function of human beings and animals. Early scholars of the ancient China, Egypt, Greece and Persia were believed to have started the study of the way the human mind behaves. The methods of how the human behavior is studied have evolved throughout centuries and have been constant to the new challenges that human beings are facing.

Professional researchers, shrinks or those who practice psychology are called nothing else but psychologists. Emotions, motivation, perception, interactions and personality are all little things a psychologist is into. In layman's term, anything that has thinking and emotions involved are under the concerns of a psychologist.

In the different branches of psychology, one of the most popular is personality psychology. Ever since all of us were little, all of us have had this type of psychological testing. Essentially, this branch of psychology specializes on human thought, emotion and personality.

It is vital when starting with personality psychology that a logical study of the person's personality has been conducted and analyzed. How the person's results are the same or different from his peers or other similar subjects should then be checked. A detailed study on the traits and behaviors that showed to be similar should be noted.

Though there are still doubts about it, the Big 5 theory is still one of the most comprehensive studies on human personality psychology. The more widely accepted terms under the theory are neuroticism, openness, extroversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness. Psychologists claim that these are the personality traits that can be observed in everyone but some are more leaning towards a particular trait compared to others.

By taking a look into each of this trait, we will be able to fully understand a person's personality. Extroversion is seen on people who are said to be loud and too enthusiastic about everything and openness is seen on people who readily accept new ideas and concepts. Conscientiousness in a person can be defined by the way he or she meticulously perform a task, and agreeableness is a person's tendency to be accommodating and pleasant during a situation.

Not mentioned yet is neuroticism, which is characterized by negative emotions, like anger, anxiety, sadness, and the tendency for people to experience it for long periods of time. Most likely, you'll see one or more traits shown here in your own personality. This is just one theory in one branch of the extremely large world of psychology.

There are many things to discuss about psychology that will never fit in any single written article. Humanity has spent years and years studying, analyzing and predicting human mind and soul. And as long as the mystery that is humanity is once and for all revealed, psychology will continue to be at the forefronts of studying man.

Psychology brings a lot to the table and can be used in all fields that have human input or interaction. Studying the mind is the basis of psychology, thus anything in the world can be a study for psychology. Some common applications of psychology are human development, health, media and the law. - 32530

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