PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychophysics, Hermann Von Helmholtz
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Some say begin telling history of psychology with ancient greece. Others say look towards the late 19th century when science of psychology was formally proposed and instituted. These two perspectives and whatever is in between are appropriate towards describing a history of psychology. For the needs of this module, we"ll examine the development of psychology in america and use the mid-19th century as our start line. For the sake of convenience, we talk to this as a history of contemporary psychology. Psychology is an exciting field and therefore the history of psychology offers the chance to form sense of how it has grown and developed. The history of psychology also provides perspective. Instead of a dry collection of names and dates, the history of psychology tells us about the important intersection of your time and place that defines who we are. Consider what happens once you meet someone for the primary time.
