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3 days ago · Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. [1] [2] Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and social ...
4 days ago · John Dewey was an American philosopher and educator who was a founder of the philosophical movement known as pragmatism, a pioneer in functional psychology, and a leader of the progressive movement in education in the United States.
6 days ago · Classic Studies. A Search for Resources in Psychology. Classic Studies Intro. This page contains original sources to studies used in Roger Hock's Forty studies that changed psychology: explorations into the history of psychological research.
- Judy Drescher
- 2008
2 days ago · PSYC 408 - History of Psychology (3) Development of psychology from classical Greek philosophy to contemporary psychological science. Major philosophical traditions (nativism, rationalism, empiricism, associationism) and enduring issues, including nature vs. nurture, free will vs. determinism, and material vs. non-material sources of human ...
1 day ago · The material world is a construction, a mere-product, of a more important reality. Double-Aspect Monism. 2 languages exist: one for mental stuff, one for physical stuff (e.g. analogy: describing the 2 sides of a coin) but both languages refer to the same reality. The mind-body problem is a problem of language.
5 days ago · The emergence of psychology (early 20th century): John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner argued that behavior is shaped by the environment, shifting focus from innate traits to learned behaviors. By the mid-20th century, cognitive psychology challenged behaviorism, recognizing innate cognitive structures.
3 days ago · Psychoanalysis is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques that deal in part with the unconscious mind, and which together form a method of treatment for mental disorders. The discipline was established in the early 1890s by Sigmund Freud, whose work stemmed partly from the clinical work of Josef Breuer and others. Freud developed and ...
