•  Psychology is a science of behavior and mental process.
•  Psychologists aim at describing, explaining, predicting and controlling behaviors.
•  Though Psychology as a scientific field began in 1879 in Germany, it has gone through different phases.
•  The perspectives of psychology are generally classified as early and modern. Early psychology was considered schools of isms‖ which include structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, and, in fact, Gestalt psychology and psychoanalysis. Modern perspectives of psychology have emerged from these early psychological thoughts. These modern perspectives that are used to describe and explain behavior and mind are …..(please list).
•  The knowledge of Psychology can be applied in different contexts such as health, education, business, law, and the like.
•  Psychologists study behavior using three major types of research methods; descriptive, correlational, and experimental.
•  In employing the different types of research methods, psychologists are expected to follow five basic steps in conducting research.

Discussion Questions

1. Compare and contrast the five early schools of thought in psychology.
2. Compare and contrast the modern psychological perspectives.
3. Please reflect on the relationship between the goals of psychology and the three types of
   research methods using examples.
4. Mention the steps of conducting research in psychology.