Introduction to Psychology Task 1 Common sense phrases are used in everyday life. They provide a lot of meaning in very few words, whereas psychological terminology would give us a scientific understanding and explanation of the word or phrase. Below are some examples to explain this concept. The saying "he's a piece of the old stock" means that the person is very similar in character to one of his parents (usually the father). In psychological terms this would be explained using genetics (which is a discipline of the biological approach in psychology). Since most of the characteristics you can see in a living being have multiple genes influencing them, this will determine which part of their mother or father's characteristics they will then carry. 'A good slap never hurt a child, here's how they learn what's right and what's wrong' has been proven wrong by behavioral psychologists conducting conditioning experiments. BF Skinner who studied and performed an experiment on operant conditioning demonstrated that punishing a child does not always provide the direction that rewards give, and in fact teaches the child that a particular behavior is unacceptable, and does not show what other behaviors are acceptable. "You have to respect authority, otherwise there would be chaos." could easily be compared to behavioral psychologist Stanley Milgrim, most famous for his “obedience study” experiment in 1963, which resulted in a shocking number of participants who were willing to inflict pain when instructed by a person in authority “That is was a Freudian slip" is a phrase used when someone makes a mistake when, for example, he gave a speech, which could lead to the discovery of that person's unconscious.... .. half of the article... is the one person's point of view. In 2003, Cardwell et al (and others) wrote an "updated" version and defined psychology as "Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes (the mind) and psychologists are interested in every aspect of behavior and every type of mental process', this also focuses on the behavioral perspective as John B. Watson's definition, but also states that psychologists are interested in 'every type of mental process', which covers every other approach to psychology, and is here that the two definitions differ, but it also provides a greater understanding of what psychology covers as a whole. References: Watson, John B. 1913. “Psychology as the behaviorist sees it.” Psychological Review 20: 158–177. WATSON, JOHN B. 1919. Psychology from the point of view of a behaviorist. Philadelphia: Lippincott.