Consider the statement “psychology has a long past but a short history.” What do you think this means?
Submitted on Sunday, 8 November 2009
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clowie2 asked:
In your opinion, which person or perspective has had the most influence on the growth of psychology?
Tags: perspective, Psychology In your opinion, which person or perspective has had the most influence on the growth of psychology?
Well, folks have been studying how others think for all time, but only recently have we had a science devoted to the study of human thought…
That statement means that psychology has been around for a long time but was never socially accepted and practiced until later. I think Freud made influenced psychology the most. Not really because of his ideas but because he was the first to step up and say what he thought.
Human psychology has been around as long as there have been homo sapiens. Psychology, the study of human behavior, actually is a very recent development when compared to human history. Dr Freud is generally credited for a documented attempt to understand human behavior and psychoanalysis.
I think psychology is (and always will be) influenced most by those who need the help they get from those who study it.
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