PSYC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: 19Th-Century Philosophy, Carl Jung, Abraham Maslow

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Chris Motz

Document Summary

Psychology derived from psyche (the soul) and logos (the study of a subject) The 2 greek root words rst put together to de ne a topic of study in the 16th century: psyche was used to refer to the soul, spirit, or mind, as distinguished from the body. Not until the early 18th century did the term psychology gain more than rare usage among scholars: acquired literal meaning, the study of the mind . Psychology = as old as the human race: wasn"t until a little over a century ago that psychology emerged as a scienti c discipline. Developments in philosophy & physiology = said to have in uenced the course of early psychology. Ancient greek philosophers (socrates, plato & aristotle) considered & debated issues of relevance to psych: ex. Separation of mind & body, whether knowledge = inborn (nativism) or gained through experience (empiricism: many of their early ideas = still with us today.