Thinking Critically with Psychological Science

I thought psychology was about the study of the mind and people's behaviors. But that is such a vague way of saying it. There are so many parts to it. There are little details that have such an impact on everyday things. There's also so many areas of psychology that you wouldn't think were different but they really are.

Psychology is all around you. It's part of you, even if you don't realize it, your friends, your family and even strangers. Which means you're constantly affected by it. The way you interact with all those people and the way they interact with you is all part of psychology. Your reactions to each other in both actions and thoughts are involved in the world of psychology.

I think what I learned was that people rely on their intuition way more than they should. I always thought the "gut" feeling was a safe bet but now I know that people are over-confident and are often wrong. Now I know to think twice about my gut feelings. I also learned what you need to have to embrace a scientific attitude. I thought this was interesting because I never even thought about the type of mind set you needed to have to understand psychology.