PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Radical Behaviorism, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jean Piaget
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Many canadians report that they have been victims of cyberbullying, with younger adults being a particularly vulnerable group. 17% of those between 18 and 24 reported being victims. The term psychology comes from two greek words. Psyche (meaning the soul) and logos (referring to the study of a subject) These two words were rst combined in the 16th century. By the 18th century the term psychology gained more popularity from scholars. Approx. a century ago that psychology emerged as a scienti c discipline. Psychology was derived from philosophy and physiology. Many date the emergence of psychology as a distinct discipline to the work of wilhelm wundt. By the 1870s, scholars were exploring questions about the mind. These philosophers and physiologists viewed this question within their scope of work, and. Wilhelm wundt proposed that psychology be a separate eld of its own, rather than a combination of two others.
