Introduction of Psychology

Psychology, in simplest words can be defined as study of behaviour.People often think that psychologists are mind readers, face readers,can tell what a person is thinking almost immediately after being introduced to the person.This is not the case.Psychology actually is a scientific study ,it is based on lot of theories which in turn are results of various researches and close observations of people in various situations.These theories and the principles are widely applicable .We can use psychological principles in almost all spheres of life.Actually all of us use these on day to day basis it is just that we do not know the technical terms .For example in our daily life we try to understand why a person is behaving in a particular way ,we try to find out the reasons behind his/her behaviour, this process, in psychological terms is known as attribution.