Every single person is unique, in their thoughts, emotions, and fingerprints. And it is this very idea that makes the essence of psychology. Because we are all individuals, and because each thought and emotion is original to each person, we then discover ourselves and our nature, and find our uniqueness. WikiAnswers says, “Psychology is the study of the human mind and… it is important because we humans are always most curious about ourselves and how we work and think, than anything else.” That is because we humans always have more to discover in ourselves, a new personal adventure to explore. In a mind ever expanding we can find new psychological flaws and phenamenas every minute. And with each discovery we uncover more of how the brain works, uncovering more meaning, more depth, and more of the reason why the field of Psychology is expanding.
Today the human mind is one of the most powerful advanced brains in nature, and yet we know very little about how it works. This is part of why we are so interested in ourselves and in psychology. Out of all our body parts the brain is one of the most undeveloped areas of research. It is the most complex and important organ, and because of how advanced humans are, it is what sets us above animals and what gives us rational thought and more then mere instinct. So of coarse we want to know more about the most essential tool in our body’s, it just so happens that this tool is the one we know least about.
So overtime interest has grown and in that the essence of psychology has grown, past a journey into ones own mind, and into ideas of how the brain works in general. Branching out from general to individual, the essence of psychology has grown.
But what about the defects, flaws, or psychological issues that we currently see in the brain? Indeed there are many traumas and conditions we find in the brain. Why else would we have psych wards or entire hospitals devoted to curing and studying those with “abnormal minds?” So here, to, the essence of psychology has grown. Today there are more then a textbook full of psychological disorders, so it only makes sense that there is so much time and effort devoted to research of such disorders. And of coarse, the reason for so much research is not only that these brains are even more unique then an average brain, but also so we may help aid and cure those handicapped to such disorders. So, in a way, the essence of psychology does track back to helping people. Because so many in this field have devoted there lives to helping people. Whether the people they are helping are addicts, mental patients, or the average Joe on the brink of a psychological breakthrough, Psychologists are constantly finding new ways to help people. Help is the essence.
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