The Art and Science of Psychology

How did psychology begin?

"Psychology", a scholar observed, "has a long past", but only a short history. As a science, it can be said to have begun about 100 years ago, when Wilhelm Wundt opened a psychological labaratory in Germany. Yet an interest in mind and behaviour is at least as old as human records.
Most of the great themes of modern psychology can be traced to ancient Greece. Almost three thousand years ago, the poet Hommer marveled at the range of human personality and credited the gods. Aristotle's concept of catharsis was partly a theory of pshychotherapy.
What people want from psychology?
Most of us want to know how recent advances in psychology and brain physiology can help us and our families get more out of life. There are tantalizing indications that,with new information, we will be better able to manage our feelings, better able to use our minds. What many people want most is information on how to rear healthy, outgoing children. Our children need to be armoured against dangers, confident in carrying on our cherished traditions.

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cherish puoseleti (vilti) concept savoka ideja
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