Discuss the nature and scope of psychology.

NATURE AND SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology is a science which studies human behavior with reference to context as well as other individuals. With the help of observation and learning, the discipline tries to find out the causes of a particular behavior shown by an individual in a specific situation. Broadly, all sciences have two branches. One, the basic or academic branch and the other, applied. The basic or academic branch is the result of an academic curiosity or a question e.g. Newton asked “Why does the apple fall on the ground?” which gave rise to the theory of ‘gravity’. On the other hand, the applied branch deals with solving problem by applying inputs from the basic/academic branch. However, this distinction is not rigid and beyond a point, both the branch converge. e.g. many theories of basic branch are applied, or have potential to be applied, to solve problems. Similarly, many applied branches have come up with new or supplementary theories that have been included in the basic branch. According to Parameswaran and Beena (1988), psychology may be broadly classified into general psychology ___ ______ _________ _______ ________ ___ ___ _________ __________ ____ ____ _______.
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