Psychology
THE DHARMA INITIATIVE
The Areas of Study:
Psychology
According to the Swan Orientation filmstrip, psychology is one of six areas of study in the DHARMA Initiative.
From Wikipedia.org:
Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = "soul" or "mind", logos/-ology = "study of") is an academic and applied field
involving the study of the mind and behavior, both human and (less frequently) nonhuman. Psychology also refers to
the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including problems of individuals' daily lives
and the treatment of mental illness.
Psychology differs from sociology, anthropology, economics, and political science in part because it involves studying
the mental processes and behavior of individuals (alone or in groups) rather than the behavior of the groups or aggregates themselves. Psychology differs from biology and neuroscience in that it is primarily concerned with the interaction of mental processes and behavior and of the overall processes of a system, and not simply the biological
or neural processes themselves.
Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = "soul" or "mind", logos/-ology = "study of") is an academic and applied field
involving the study of the mind and behavior, both human and (less frequently) nonhuman. Psychology also refers to
the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including problems of individuals' daily lives
and the treatment of mental illness.
Psychology differs from sociology, anthropology, economics, and political science in part because it involves studying
the mental processes and behavior of individuals (alone or in groups) rather than the behavior of the groups or aggregates themselves. Psychology differs from biology and neuroscience in that it is primarily concerned with the interaction of mental processes and behavior and of the overall processes of a system, and not simply the biological
or neural processes themselves.
The Pearl Hatch appears to be a part of an on-going psychological experiment.
