PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology

Psychology

Introduction

Psychology and common sense is often regarded as faces of the same coin; common sense phrases are the products of people's experience and cognitive learning about certain aspects of daily life. Psychology, being the study of mind, is considered as a part of common sense rather than a science; the term commonsense psychology is related to the connection between psychology and common sense but both the disciplines are different in many ways. Psychology is the scientific and methodical study of mind instead of a belief based on happenings of daily life.

Discussion

Common sense phrases are transferred from generation to generation, they are believed to be the time tested facts. The reason of conflict between common sense and psychology is the method by which both the faculties are approached. Psychological terms and beliefs are based on the hypothesis and research while the common sense phrases are based on the time, area and ethnicity of believers.

Common Sense Phrases and Psychology Terminology Difference

'Animal behavior is instinctive, human behavior is learned, that's the difference' is the usual common sense phrase used to define human and animal behavior. The psychological term for the same fact is 'Nature versus Nurture'; both the beliefs are founded on the observance of the behavior and activities of man and animals. It is observed that both man and animals learn from the objects and their behavior around them; animal behavior is instinctive in many ways but there are some things that they learn from their surrounding. Hunting animals like lions, tigers and other wild animals learn hunting by watching the adults of their group; similarly man is also a learning object. Human behavior is both innate and learning; a child blinks, feels hunger, thirst and need for sleep as innate abilities while it learns things like talking, socializing with other children and education in their learning phase of life.

'You have to respect authority-otherwise there would be chaos' is a common sense phrase that presents the impact of authority on an individual; the authoritative figures include teachers of academic institutions and supervisors on authoritative positions in businesses. It is thought that no one can and should undermine the authority to prevent itself from being into any problem. In a psychological term, the same belief is termed as 'studies of obedience', the experiment was conducted by Milgram in 1961 and the results revealed that majority of the people are influenced greatly by the people at superior position. The hypothesis was based on the experiments conducted by Milgram in 1961 and Hofling in a hospital environment, both the studies reveal that people are not likely to questi0on their superiors even if they have a valid reason (McLeod, 2008).

'That was a Freudian slip' are the things that an individual say unconsciously; the theory of Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious is proposed by Sigmund Freud. He believed that civilization and civilized society have conditioned man into suppressing his emotions and thoughts and the situation has caused a number of psychological ...