| Rudolph Goclenius, a German scholastic
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| | largely based on interpretive methods and
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| philosopher, is credited with conceiving
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| | introspection, but he was predominantly
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| the term "psychology" in the 1590s. The
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| | focused on determining mental distress
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| word psychology comes from the Greek word
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| | and psychopathology. Freud's theories
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| psyche, which means "soul" or "spirit."
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| | proved to be extremely successful. Edward
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| Earlier, psychology was also considered a
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| | Thorndike and B.F. Skinner were the
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| study of the soul. Until the end of the
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| | pioneers who championed the concept of
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| 19th century, psychology was considered
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| | behaviorism. Behaviorism was the leading
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| to be a part of philosophy.
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| | model in psychology for much of the early
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| In 1879, Wilhelm Wundt established a
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| | 20th century, mainly due to the formation
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| laboratory at the University of Leipzig
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| | and thriving application of conditioning
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| in Germany mainly to pay attention to the
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| | theories as scientific models of human
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| study of psychology. Later on, William
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| | behavior.
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| James published his book in 1890 entitled
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| | However, over a period of time it became
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| Principles of Psychology, which
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| | evident that, although behaviorism had
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| established a number of practicalities
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| | made some significant discoveries, it was
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| for the sort of questions that
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| | wanting as a guiding theory of human
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| psychologists would focus on for years to
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| | behavior. Humanistic psychology surfaced
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| come. Other important early contributors
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| | in the 1950s and has continued as a
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| to the field included Hermann Ebbinghaus,
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| | retort to positive and scientific
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| who led the way in studies on memory, and
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| | approaches to the mind. It lays emphasis
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| the Russian Ivan Pavlov, who revealed the
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| | on a phenomenological view of human
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| learning process of classical
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| | experience and seeks to understand human
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| conditioning. In the meantime, Sigmund
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| | beings and their behavior by conducting
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| Freud, who was qualified as a neurologist
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| | qualitative research.
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| and had no recognized training in
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| | The history of psychology has evolved and
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| experimental psychology, established a
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| | developed considerably over the ages. Its
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| functional method of psychotherapy known
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| | study, research, and findings have
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| as psychoanalysis.
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| | greatly helped in understanding both
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| Freud's understanding of the mind was
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| | human behavior and the human mindset.
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