Nigel Benson

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour of humans and animals

Sociology is generally about the study of large groups of people – in societies or sub-cultures.

Psychology, on the other hand, is mainly about individuals or small groups of people

A Psychologist studies all human behavior – normal and abnormal.
A Psychiatrist is a DOCTOR who specializes in abnormal behavior – “mental disorders”.

Learning is a relatively permanent change in behaviour due to experience.

n strict historical terms, the “true” Cognitive Movement didn’t start until the late 1950s. However, ideas about the importance of mental processes and consciousness existed long before – in Structuralism and Functionalism, and especially in the Gestalt School.

USA through Structuralism, Functionalism and Behaviourism

Wertheimer, Koffka and Köhler

Behaviourism’s major rival

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

I see… a rectangle… black letters… two eyes… a butterfly… a large symbol…
I see the cover of a book…