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The History of Psychology PSY310 February 13‚ 2012 The History of Psychology The study of psychology dates back as far as the Greek Gods and continues for centuries‚ which followed into present day. Many scientists‚ physiologists as well as psychologists are mentioned and play a role with the discussions‚ theories‚ and discoveries in which we have reached modern day psychology. At the beginning of the twentieth century‚ Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909)‚ a German psychologist‚ claimed that
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Definitions of Psychology Psychology History & Perspectives 1.“the science of mental life” (William James‚ 1890) 2. “the study of human or animal behaviour” (Webster’s Dictionary‚ 1988) 3. “the scientific study of behavior and the mind” (Passer & Smith‚ 2004) Roots of the Word psyche Greek for the “soul” Related Fields I. Philosophy Rene Descartes (1595-1650) •dualism (interactionism) • mind is nonphysical entity • mind and body are separate‚ distinct entities involved in
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HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY The history of psychology as a scholarly study of the mind and behavior dates back to the Ancient Greeks. There is also evidence of psychological thought in ancient Egypt. Psychology was a branch of philosophy until the 1870s‚ when it developed as an independent scientific discipline in Germany and the United States. Psychology borders on various other fields including physiology‚ neuroscience‚ artificial intelligence‚ sociology‚ anthropology‚ as well as philosophy and other
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Exam #1 Chapter 1-Historical Studies: Some Issues -historiography‚ great-person theory‚ historical development approach (zeitgeist) -presentism vs. historicism‚ internists (old)‚ historians (new) -1960s history of psychology -rationalists‚ empiricists‚ epistemology‚ nativism‚ mechanism‚ vitalism‚ active mind‚ passive mind‚ materialists‚ idealists‚ monist -dualism: interactionism‚ Emergentism‚ Epiphenominism‚ psychophysical parallelism‚ double aspectism -determinism: physical‚ psychical
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was founded‚ psychology was being taught at the Department of Philosophy and Psychology‚ College of Liberal Arts. The Department was placed under Dr. Henry S. Townsend‚ an American who taught all of the Psychology courses being offered then‚ namely General Psychology‚ Genetic Psychology‚ Educational Psychology and Tests and Measurements. 1911-1920 Psychology separated and became part of the College of Education when the college was created in 1918. Townsend became acting head of this new department
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Introducing Social Psychology Theories and Methods in Social Psychology 27 Feb 2012‚ Banu Cingöz Ulu What is social psychology? • A field within psychology that strives to understand the social dynamics of everyday living. • Social psychology is the scientific study of how people think about‚ influence‚ and relate to others. What is social psychology? • How do the actual‚ imagined‚ and implied presence of others influence us? – Cognitively (thoughts) – Affectively (emotions) – Behaviorally (actions)
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Social Psychology By: Virginia Gabbard University of Phoenix Social Psychology/PSY555 April 2‚ 2012 Kimberly Kinsey‚ PhD Social Psychology Social psychology is the understanding of individual behavior in social environments. Per McLeod (2007) “the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations.” Social psychology studies how human behavior is influenced
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Classic Study in Social Psychology Erica Mariscal Vigil PSYCH/620 Diana Wheatley 04/14/14 Classic Study in Social Psychology The bystander effect is associated with the phenomenon‚ which states that when a larger amount of people are present‚ the less likely people are to help a person in need of assistance. When an emergency occurs‚ people are more likely to help when there are little or no other people. A summary about this study as well as an explanation of the results and
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY The study of the manner in which the personality‚ attitudes‚ motivations‚ and behavior of the individual influence and are influenced by social groups http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20psychology According to psychologist Gordon Allport‚ social psychology is a discipline that uses scientific methods "to understand and explain how the thought‚ feeling and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual‚ imagined or implied presence of other human beings"
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