What is psychology?(overview)
    BeforeI was assigned to research this topic, I had a fixed mental view of whatI thought psychology was.  From what the entertainment industry portrayedto me all my life was the $400 dollar an hour sessions with a patient who needed help sorting a problem in their life.  I pictured myself sittingon a professional looking sofa across from the patient while we discusses aloud the feelings that the hardening troubles brought about.  Yet,this clearly vague perspective,  I soon realized was merely a tiny portion of the diverse and complex field of psychology.
    Psychology has an open ended definition that branches into many other views and topics. Psychology is a combination of philosophy and sociology that aims to describehow we feel, act, and think.  Psychology is broken down into numerous other perspectives, the largest being neuroscience, evolutionary views, behavioral genetics,behavioral observation,cognitive, and social cultural.

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A great off-line source about psychology is PSYCHOLOGY FifthEdition By: David G. Meyers.  Other great resources are UniversityProgram Catalogs.  The U.N.H. Undergraduate Catalog is a recommended source.