PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, Johns Hopkins University
22 Feb 2016
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Psychology needs scientific evidence, not just a gut feeling". Experimental psychology uses the scientific method to collect, evaluate and interpret information to draw sound conclusions. Several schools of thought of psychology have gotten into debates about concerns as what should be the focus of psychology, now we use rigorous methods to understand human thought and behavior. Ebbinghouse psychology has a long past but short history. Psychology would need to break links with the preceding era or mere speculation to become a science. Greek word psyche soul , before the study of the mind was considered philosophy and physiology. Aristotle and plato how do we learn and remember where doe knowledge come from . Renee descartes where does knowledge come from mind and body are distinct entities mind controls the movement of the body and in turn received information about the outside world through the sense organs.
