Psychology 3950F/G Lecture Notes - Cerebrospinal Fluid, Golden Ratio, Pythagorean Theorem
10 Oct 2013
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Term psychology comes from the combination of two greek words. (logos: words, thought to have mystical and explanatory powers, an explanation or an account of a thing . An explanation or account of the soul or spirit a lot of people would quarrel this explanation but none the less it defined what this discipline was about for much of its history. Psychology is a relatively modern discipline (1879) steamed from philosophy. It was in ancient greeks between 600-300 b. c. that emerged a group of philosophers, artists, and writers who produced many of the ideas that still define and perplexed psychologists/psychology to this day. Philosophers: the philosophers were significant because they were concerned with fundamental questions about people and their place in the universe. Physicians: significant because they studied the structure and function of human body in pursuit of cures for the human body.
