Why Should We Study Psychology? The Psychology of Everyday Life

by AeDechavez in Psychology, September 3, 2009

Science and Society. Culture and Psychology. Why (basic) Psychology is a required general education subject for all students of different courses.

Also aside from the Psychology of Love and Attraction (probably most of the freshmen students’ favorite section), I was also able to appreciate the topics on Psychology and Learning. I think this one focus is the shining glory for the students (of different majors) taking up the course.

So about the Psychology and Learning segment of the course, the preliminary issue presented to us was if whether all or some “Strategies” stimulate learning or un-learning. In the end, all students understood the principles and reached the same conclusion: You take up (any) Strategies therefore, you Learn. Adapting Strategies is Learning, because though initially, our intention for using Strategies is to just enable us to work or think or act more efficiently, eventually as we settle to do things according to a chosen technique, we also learn or discover whether the strategy is useful or whether other techniques would be more effective. Even when most people would just settle with the conventional ways of thinking or doing things, consequently, at one time in our lives we would all be confronted by a new challenge, demanding us to be more resourceful and to search for more strategies to better help us.

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As a college student I was able to apply this concept in improving my study strategies; But in time this also gave me a more significant insight. It gave me an explanation as to what has been the goal of Science.

Through time, irrational conventions (or ineffective) beliefs or ways eventually become replaced by better ones. This is when Science and research comes in, after learning and discovering better systems (or strategies) compared to totally unproductive customs or practices.*

Psychology or strategizing or applying science – sheds learning and gives us options or better ways of thinking or doing things. In fact, this broadens both our intellectual and cultural horizons, challenging us to analyze our behavior, actions, our culture, as well as of others, and in the end allowing us to embrace more effective methods to help us adapt more comfortably to our social environment. For me this is the real meaning of Psychology, the Psychology of Everyday Life.