Now I am focusing on the positive side of the Psychology. ffice ffice" /> What are the scientific contributions by psychology? Here are 3 major contributions I can think of. 1) The psychological experiments. Because the psychological experiments have been carried out in the scientific way, the experiment results can be a part of scientific knowledge and the psychology can be accepted as a scientific field. 2) The psychologists have created a lot of concepts for the human mind, such as the attention, emotion, motivation, consciousness, etc. They have been carried into the neuroscience and strongly stimulating the neuroscientists’ thoughts. 3) There have been many hypotheses proposed by the psychologists in the leading researches which have been supported by the neuroscience studies later on. The Hebb’s Law has been the most famous hypothesis amount them. What are the application contributions by psychology in the public? I list the top 3 major ones in here. a) Help to establish the modern education systems. b) Create the professional field for curing the mental illnesses. c) Make the psychological tests useful for the social studies. You’re welcome to debate above opinions. |