We Dont Read Minds.

“Oh, you’re in the field of psychology, can you tell me what I’m thinking? What is going on in my mind?” are common questions faced by every person who is associated with the study of this beautiful subject of psychology. Emerged due to conflicting opinions, Psychology has come from Philosophy. Psychology formally has been defined as the science of the study of Behavior, Mental processes and Experience in a specific context. As a reply to the common notions regarding this field, NO, psychologists cannot derive what a person is thinking but can observe, understand and determine the causes of a person’s behavior looking at the antecedent conditions. A few fields associated with psychology are • Clinical psychology • Counseling psychology • Organization psychology • Experimental psychology • Forensic psychology • School psychology • Environmental psychology There are various other fields as well. With psychology, we are able to learn about ourselves. To fully understand ourselves we have to know about the causes of our own behavior and our perspectives in life. By knowing ourselves and learning our own personality, we can develop goals for ourselves. Also, by learning about ourselves, we are able to learn about other people and their differences. Gaining understanding of oneself and of others can help the way relationships and communications work. These are only some of the common uses and the importance of studying psychology. There are a large number of areas of everyday life where an understanding of psychology can be put to therapists number of problems of life can easily be solved. For example, these days solutions to a variety of problems related to children, adolescents, adults and the elderly people are suggested by television counselors to therapists. They can also be seen analyzing vital social problems relating to social change and development, population, poverty, interpersonal or intergroup violence, and environmental degradation. The knowledge of psychology is also personally relevant for us in our day-to-day life. A few very relatable jokes on psychology are :