Intro to Psychology

Introduction - The term psychology comes from two Greek words: psyche, which means "soul," and logos, "the study of." Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and the mind. Psychology investigates an enormous range of phenomena: learning and memory, sensation and perception, motivation and emotion, thinking and language, personality and social behavior, intelligence, infancy and child development, mental illness, and a lot more. Psychologists examine these topics from many different perspectives. Some conduct detailed biological …

…profiling, and the insanity defense. Polygraph - an electronic device that simultaneously senses and makes record of several primary physiological indices; including blood pressure, heart rate, respiration patterns, galvanic skin response (GSR) and the ability for skin to conduct electrical currents that are associated with levels of perspiration. Side Note: Employee Protection Act of 1988 prohibits most employment-related uses. Although Drug, Nuclear Power, and Security industries; along with the US government are exempt from the Act.