solved In this first section, we note that psychology as an

In this first section, we note that psychology as an emergent field exists on at least a couple of different levels.  First is big “P” psychology, which involves the official discourses, practices, etc. that make up psychology as an academic and professional discipline.  If you go to to a therapist, for instance, who uses cognitive-behavioral treatments, these arise from the academic/professional side of psychology.  Second is little “p” psychology, which includes more informal forms of psychological thinking.  For instance, pop psychology in the form of self-help books/ideas often become quite influential to people in everyday life.  As you know from the course materials, this has a long history (there were conduct books and devotional manuals in the 17th and 18th centuries).  Now, there is a wide-range of informal, “everyday” psychological forms of thinking.  Self-help gurus like Tony Robbins, motivational speakers/writers in business,  sports, and religion, and books like The Five Love Languages inform the way we understand ourselves, even if academic psychology often takes them less seriously.  Still, especially over the last hundred years, many of these “everyday” psychological ideas do borrow from psychology as a discipline to some extent.
So, what I’m interested in hearing about is pretty fundamental to your interest in the field and how you got here:  What role do psychological ideas play in your everyday life?  This could involve big “P” psychology or little “p” psychology — i.e., what you have taken from the official field of psychology, or what you have taken up more informally (i.e., self-help books/ideas, etc.), or some of both!