PSY 731 Lecture 11: Lecture 11 Notes History & Theory of Psychology PSY 731 Ryerson University
29 Dec 2015
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The third force: romantics, existentialists, humanists & new therapies excepted) Empiricists advocate truth is found through experience. Rationalists advocate truth is found by and interplay between experience and intellect (kant. Some believed, however truth comes from human nature. Best way to nd out about humans was to consider the whole person, Emphasis was on human emotions, instincts and uniqueness. A good life is de ned as one lived honestly and in accordance with one"s inner nature. People look for happiness away from broader society. The noble savage (shows differences between rousseau and empiricists like hobbes) Suggests mechanisms in man that freund later uses as defence mechanisms. Rebelled against rationalism and empiricism but their focus, unlike romantics is to nd. Must examine peoples interpretations of life and the choices they make in light of those. Inner feelings and inner experience guide behaviour. Good and evil are simply the sensations of pleasure and pain.
