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introduction to psychology

stress, may follow two ways of behavior: he will be positive self-adjusted by acting moderately, respectably  he will be negative self-adjusted by acting without any respect of social rulesLearningLearning is the procedure during which man obtains knowledge, skills and, consequently, changes his behavior, for a considerable period of time. For example, when we say that a child behaves politely, we mean that this child learned to have manners, something that did not happen previously. Learning is an activity of great importance. The environmental and social conditions are being constantly changed and so we have to change ourselves too, to modify our behavior, to learn, so as to survive. Learning begins at our birth and ends by our death. It does not concern only school. Our life is a huge school that provides and requires learning.Learning is more important to people than to animals, because the behavior of the animals is directed mainly by their instinct. Human behavior is relatively self-governed, but, on the other side, man, at the moment of his birth, is less equipped by the nature and more vulnerable towards the environmental changes. The possibility of his surviving, depends on his capability to learn. Therefore a great part of ourselves, our behavior, our ideas, our feelings is an offspring of knowledge. Psychology works on human behavior, consequently has also to examine the way we learn, what we learn, under which circumstances and what is the use of learning.The object of PsychologyPsychology helps us to explore the secrets of human mind and soul. Thanks to Psychology and its scientific methods (observation, experiments, e.t.c.) we can examine, compare and explain basic facts of human psychological life and we can formulate the laws that rule it. But, its role is practical too. On the basis of the psychological laws, we can develop psychological methods, so that we will cope with human problems of all kind.N...

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