PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: American Psychological Association, Sigmund Freud, Physiological Psychology
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One of the reasons that students and researchers are drawn to psychology is that it has much to offer in the analysis and possible prevention of social problems such as bullying. Psychology comes from two greek terms: psyche, meaning the soul, logos, referring to the study of the subject. In the early 18th century, psychology became its literal definition (the study of the mind) A little over a century ago psychology emerged as a scientific discipline. The first ideas about psychology were established by early philosophers: ex; aristotle"s theory of memory is still used today. A new science is born: the contribution of wundt and hall. Wundt started the campaign to make psychology an independent discipline rather than part of philosophy or physiology. In 1879 he made the first formal laboratory for research in psychology. In 1881 he established the first journal devoted to publishing research on psychology. His proposals were well received from the academic community.
