Psychology In The 1800's Essay

Psychology has majorly changed from the 1800’s due to developing methods and theories that adapt to human nature and societal changes. As an academic discipline that has been taught, modified and industrialized since the 1800’s we are able to understand and use these past theories to practice psychology today. Firstly, the essay will explain and define psychology, where it originated from, including the main theorist that impact the way psychology is influenced today through approach’s. Secondly how 19th century psychological practice and history of psychology’s evolution has changed and developed todays modern disciplines. Along with how new practices of psychology are used in todays modern society. Effectively portraying how disciplines have
Due to no laws and no licensing at the time ‘psychologists’ were commonly referred to as ‘phrenologists, physiognomists, characterologists, psychics, mesmerists, mediums, spiritualists, mental healers, seers, graphologists, and advisers’ (Baker and Benjamin 2014, p. 3). Presumptions were regularly made by ‘philosophers’ in the 19th century due to being uneducated. Physiognomy and phrenology were regularly used leading to todays society being able to easily judge one’s characteristics by looking at them. Criminal physiognomy has majorly shaped this by judging a person’s looks to define if the were a criminal or not. Cesare Lombroso an anthropologist/criminologist describes the typical criminal offender within his book, ‘ears were typically large and protruded more noticeably from the head. The nose was often twisted, the upper jaws were exceptionally large, creating the oversized face.” (Baker and Benjamin 2014.p.13). The use of these assumptions and disciplines has developed into the 21st century through criminology, psychology and society still judging people based of there external
From the history of professions and what was available to the human race has dramatically changed and expanded. Health, applied, school and clinical psychology has been introduced to help individual overcome medical issues and Psychological disorder’s that have been introduced throughout the years because of society’s changing expectations. As we started to move into the 20th century, school and clinical psychology started to be introduced and changed from minor issues being declared as mental issues, to correctly being diagnosed. (Baker and Benjamin 2014). Now to this day we struggle to distinguish the differences between these theoretical perspectives that create the basis of psychology today. “theoretical, applied, and clinical psychology could be seen then, and still can be seen today, as reactions against the simplistic conceptions of life that behaviourism and testing promoted.” (Devonis and kaufman 2014, p.24). Through professions become more defined and subjectalized they changed how psychology was viewed and introduced into today modern