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Practice dictation & shadowing on the daily life story: Psychology
Psychology
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Psychology.
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Are you interested in the behavior of people and animals?
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If you are, then you might enjoy the study of psychology.
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Psychology is the study of behavior, but this is a very large area of study.
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There are several different branches of psychology, each of which studies a different aspect of behavior.
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Social psychologists study interactions among people.
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For example, a social psychologist might try to learn about the situations that cause people to behave aggressively.
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Another question studied by social psychologist is why certain people become attracted to each other.
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One of the interesting problems in social psychology is conformity.
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What causes people to behave in the same way and to follow what others do and say?
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Cognitive psychologists study thinking, memory and language when problem studied by cognitive psychologists is how people remember numbers.
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For example, what is the best way to memorize some numbers?
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Is it better to repeat the numbers to oneself or try to attach some meaning to these numbers?
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A cognitive psychologist might also study language.
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For example, why can young children learn a second language so quickly and easily?
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Cognitive psychologists are also interested in the ways that people learn to solve problems, such as finding a new place.
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Clinical psychologists study mental illnesses, for example.
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Clinical psychologists might try to find out the causes of depression and to figure out ways of helping people who are depressed.
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Other clinical psychologists might study the behavior of people who suffer from addiction to drugs so that this problem can be prevented and treated.
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Another topic of interest to clinical psychologists is violent behavior.
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It is very important to find ways of preventing violence and to change the behavior of persons who act violently.
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Some psychologists are interested in the measurement of psychological characteristics.
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For example, psychologists might develop tests to access a person's intelligent personality traits or interests.
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These tests can be used to help people make decisions about education, occupation, and clinical treatment.
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Psychologists who study the behavior of animals are called ethologists.
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Ethologists often go into the wilderness areas to watch the activity of birds, fish, or other animals.
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These psychologists try to figure out why it is that some animals have instincts for various behaviors such as parenting, mating, or fighting.
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Some anthologists have learned very much about the unusual behaviors observed in many animals.
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These are only a few of the many areas of psychology.
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Truly, psychology is one of the most interesting areas of knowledge.
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