INTRODUCTIO
PSYCHOLOGY LECT
CODE: CBFW
CENTRAL BUSINES
DEPARTMENT OF
RESOURCE MANA
SEMESTER 1, 2
FACILITATOR: NOB
BONSU
, INTRODUCTION TO PS
• Psychology was coined
century from 2 Greek w
– Psukhe/Psyche whi
‘breath’ or ‘soul’
– Logos which means
‘reason’or the study o
Its initial meaning was
the Soul’
It was believed that th
, Psychology literally m
science of the mind
• Modern meaning of p
mind
• Modern meaning of l
science
, Cont’d
• It is consciousness that mak
possible
• Definition of psycholog
‘Science of Mental Life’
study of conscious expe
became a science in 1879 t
work of Wilhelm Wundt
• In the 1920s it was common
scientific study of behaviour
- Ideas of John Watson/Beha
PSYCHOLOGY LECT
CODE: CBFW
CENTRAL BUSINES
DEPARTMENT OF
RESOURCE MANA
SEMESTER 1, 2
FACILITATOR: NOB
BONSU
, INTRODUCTION TO PS
• Psychology was coined
century from 2 Greek w
– Psukhe/Psyche whi
‘breath’ or ‘soul’
– Logos which means
‘reason’or the study o
Its initial meaning was
the Soul’
It was believed that th
, Psychology literally m
science of the mind
• Modern meaning of p
mind
• Modern meaning of l
science
, Cont’d
• It is consciousness that mak
possible
• Definition of psycholog
‘Science of Mental Life’
study of conscious expe
became a science in 1879 t
work of Wilhelm Wundt
• In the 1920s it was common
scientific study of behaviour
- Ideas of John Watson/Beha
