This first chapter of the book was a fairly general overview of psychology as a whole. The first section basically defined psychology as the scientific study of the brain mind, and behavior. I found that the interesting information came later in the chapter. I really enjoyed learning about pseudoscience. It was a semi- new concept to me, and I thought that it was interesting to see how predominant it is in my everyday life. Pseudoscience is all over, and is something that is somewhat over looked because it is so "normal" to us. An example of pseudoscience is the advertisements associated with weight loss, and how ridiculous their claims are.I really enjoy learning about things that pertain to me everyday life.
Later in the chapter the different types of psychology were mentioned, and I think it might be hard to keep them separated from one another. The definitions of each type is very similar to me. In the next portion I enjoyed learning about the different people associated with each section of psychology, and what they each had to contribute to what I will be learning about this semester. Overall, reading the first chapter got me excited for the semester, yet the idea of all of this memorization kind of freaks me.
