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Month: August 2017

Psychology

I have learnt the history of psychology today and acknowledged two psychologists in the psychology timeline.

One of the psychologist is called Wilhelm Wundt who is the pioneers of psychology. He opened the institute for Experimental Psychology in 1879. He founded the first psychology laboratory and the opening of the laboratory is thought of as the beginning of modern psychology. Wundt was important because he separated psychology from philosophy by analyzing the workings of the mind in a more structured way.

The other psychologist that I have acknowledged is called Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis during the period of 1890s. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, especially involving the mechanism of repression. He have came out a method of treating mental illness and also a theory which explains human behavior.

After learning the history of psychology, I noticed that there were significant development of psychology. In the earlier century, psychology was viewed as a philosophy and not a science. In the 19th century, psychology was considered as science and there were many new theories and ideas introduced.

Personally, I am interested in how the psychologist have came out with these theories and how the experiments were carried out. I am also curious about the background behind the theories.

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