Lesson 2. Studying psychology

Technique, psychology, self-centred, sort, kind, aspect, emphasis, wrong.

1. There are reasons for that: it’s a survival … which helps us to cope with the world.

2. Society which has become more complex is turning more and more to … to answer some of the most serious human problems of our day and age.

3. Our everyday knowledge is intuitive and often very ….

4. We use a … of psychology in our everyday life.

5. In some ways everyone is a … of psychologist.

6. Psychology is one of the most rapidly developing social sciences, touching almost every … of our lives.

7. It has as its principal focus on the individual human being, with special … on the inner life, the personality, the patterns of thought, the behavior of the person.

8. However, it does also mean that we can often be mistaken, or simply ….

19. Work in pairs. Find out from your partner:

- if he/she knows what is psychology;

- if he/she knows what kind of psychology we use every day;

- whether he/she can give examples of the use of everyday psychology;

- whether he/she knows why everyday psychology is unconscious.

20. Prove that:

- psychology is one of the most rapidly developing social sciences;

- human beings shape most of the experiences in our lives;

- our everyday knowledge is intuitive and often very self-centred.

21. Imagine that:

- you as a psychology professor are giving a lecture at university on the topic ‘The role of psychology in everyday life’. What would you tell the student on this issue?;

- you are a worker at an industrial plant and are being interviewed on the role of psychology in your life. Express your point of view.

1. Read the following words and memorize them:

mislead (v)	[mNs'li:d]	вводить в заблуждение; сбивать с пути
occur (v)	[B'kB:]	случаться, происходить
acquire (v)	[B'kwaNB]	приобретать, получать
committee (n)	[kB'mNtN]	комитет
obedience (n)	[o'bi:djBns]	послушание, повиновение
investigation (n)	[NnvestN'geNGBn]	исследование
explanation (n)	[eksplB'neNGBn]	объяснение
explore (n)	[Nks'plC:]	исследовать
disaster (n)	[dN'zA:stB]	бедствие
depth (n)	[depI]	глубина
ensure (v)	[Nn'GuB]	страховать; обеспечивать, гарантировать
involve (v)	[Nn'vClv]	вовлекать
evaluate (v)	[N'vWljueNt]	оценивать; высчитывать, вычислять
range (v)	[reNn7]	помещать; ставить в ряд
accurate (adj)	['WkjurNt]	точный, правильный, меткий
experiment (n)	[Nks'perNmBnt]	эксперимент
careful (adj)	['kDBful]	осторожный, внимательный
individual (n)	[NndN'vNdjuBl]	индивидуум
examine (v)	[Ng'zWmNn]	исследовать, осматривать

2. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:

committee, individual, examine, manner, process, aspect, factor, laboratory, method.

3. Read out these expressions several times till you remember them:

it occurred to me – мне пришло в голову;

case studies – изучение конкретных случаев;

observational study – наблюдательное изучение;

ethical constraints – этические ограничения;

human mind – человеческий ум, человеческая психика;

psychological model – психологическая модель;

scientific manner – научный способ;

psychological process – психологический процесс;

psychological study – психологическое изучение;

human experience – человеческий опыт;

research method – метод исследования.

4. Match the English words and their Russian equivalents:

1. to mislead	a. индивидуум
2. investigation	b. осторожный, внимательный
3. committee	c. приобретать, получать
4. obedience	d. случаться, происходить
5. individual	e. вводить в заблуждение; сбивать с пути
6. careful	f. исследование
7. to acquire	g. комитет
8. to occur	h. послушание, повиновение
9. explanation	i. эксперимент
10. experiment	j. объяснение

5. Combine the words with the help of preposition of:

1. aspects	a. ethics committee
2. to involve a lot	b. damage
3. a group	c. brain
4. a part	d. people
5. to do a lot	e. very careful investigation
6. a member	f. human experience

6. Give the comparative and the superlative of the following adjectives if possible:

different, easy, careful, scientific, accurate, real, systematic, strict, wrong.

7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:

study, involve, check, look, say, happen, investigate, remember, go, read, conduct, work.

8. Give the plural form of the following nouns:

thing, research, psychology, committee, laboratory, information, experiment, investigation, language, man.

9. Give the synonyms of the following words:

man, restriction, to know, investigation, to observe, model, to examine, individual, damage, to range.

10. Write the derivatives of the following words:

psychology, to differ, to investigate, science, care, interest, to read, to teach.

11. Look through the given words. Then read their definitions and match the words with their definitions:

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