PS390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud, Applied Psychology
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Chapter 1 the study of the history of psychology. The only area that binds the diverse areas of psychology is their history. History puts meaning on what appears to be chaos. Influence of the past helps shape the present: example: some clinical psychologists attempt to understand their clients by exploring their childhood and examining forces and events that may cause certain behaviours. Origins of the field can be traced to two different time periods (2,000 years apart) We can trace ideas about human nature and behaviour back to the 5th century bc, when. Plato, aristotle, and other greek philosophers were asking the same questions as we do today: including memory, learning, motivation, thought, perception, and abnormal behaviour. Data distortion in translation the data are available but they have been altered in some way, perhaps through faulty translation from one language to another: example: freud"s own words were misinterpreted in the act of translation.
