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Elizabeth Amiotte
Miss O’Dell
English block W1
9 January 2012
History of Psychology
Psychology was looked upon differently by different people during its prosperous
years. Its meaning have changed from being a branch of philosophy and taking part in
witchcraft to a science that helps so many people. It took a while for psychology to
become its own science, but with time and help it became just what it was meant to be.
Psychology was considered part of philosophy, and its meanings came from the
Greek language. The definition of psychology is “The study of the way living organisms
and their body parts work” (Dwyer). Meaning the study of how behavior comes from the
brain and ect. Psychology was considered part of philosophy in the 19th century. It was
mostly concerned with the treatment of mental illness. For Greek philosophers and
physicians the main issues were, what was the mind made of and its various functions
and parts. The word psychology comes from two Greek words: psyche, meaning “mind”
or “soul”, and logos meaning “word” or “reason” (Dwyer). The earliest evidence of the
idea of psychology dates back to ancient Greece and its meaning varied in the early years.
It was hard for them to separate psychology from philosophy, but that didn’t stop
it from the becoming its own science. The term psychology was first used in 1506. In
1832-1920 Wilhelm Wundt published a journal about experimental psychology, on
careful observation. Instead of studying animals, they turned their attention to human
behavior and anatomy. The separation of psychology and philosophy was a huge step for
the science (Dwyer).
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There were huge problems in distinction of brain problems and witchcraft. Human
behavior was studied from a religious view during the middle ages. If people acted
unusually they were considered possessed by evil spirits or accused of witchcraft. Later
on when people were passed the evil spirits assumptions people with problems were put
into madhouses. They also included people who were mentally ill or handicapped and
those who were criminals. These places were a lot like prisons. The most famous
madhouse was the Hospital of St. Amry of Bethlehem, London England, and a place of
horrific cruelty, neglect, whips, chains, and Filth. Bethlehem was shortened to Bethlem or
Bedlam meaning “up roar” (Dwyer). Between the 17th century most did not try to help
the people with needs but instead sent them away to madhouses.
Alfred Adler was an Austrian medical doctor, who founded the school of
individual psychology. Alfred Adler was born on February 7, 1870, Austria. In 1895,
Adler received his medical degree from the University of Vienna. Adler believe in
different ideas than others. He believed in different styles of parenting, including both
papering and rejection and so on. In 1921 Adler established the first child-guidance clinic
in Vienna, soon after opening and maintaining about 30 more under his direction. Alfred
Adler died May 28, 1937, Aberdeen, Scotland. Adler was a psychiatrist whose influential
system of individual psychology introduced the term inferiority feeling, later widely and
often inaccurately called inferiority complex (Fisher). Alfred helped many people with
his research and developed many things used today.
Without psychology today many things would be different. It may have taken
some trial and error but psychology became its own science, with help from Alfred Adler,
Wilhelm Wundt and many other people. Today psychologist can work in schools,
hospitals, research firms, businesses and government agencies, providing about 152,000
jobs for Americans.
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Elizabeth Amiotte
Miss O’Dell
English block W1
9 January 2013
History of Psychology
I.
Psychology was looked upon differently by different people during its prosperous
years.
A.
Its meaning have changed from being a branch of philosophy and taking part in
witchcraft to a science that helps so many people.
B.
It took a while for psychology to become its own science, but with time and help
it became just what it was meant to be.
II.
Psychology was considered part of philosophy, and its meanings came from the
Greek language.
A.
The definition of psychology is “The study of the way living organisms and their
body parts work” (Dwyer).
B.
Meaning the study of how behavior comes from the brain and ect.
C.
Psychology was considered part of philosophy in the 19th century. It was mostly
concerned with the treatment of mental illness.
D.
For Greek philosophers and physicians the main issues were, what was the mind
made of and its various functions and parts. The word psychology comes from two Greek
words: psyche, meaning “mind” or “soul”, and logos meaning “word” or “reason”
(Dwyer). The earliest evidence of the idea of psychology dates back to ancient Greece
and its meaning varied in the early years.
III.
It was hard for them to separate psychology from philosophy, but that didn’t stop
it from the becoming its own science.
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A.
The term psychology was first used in 1506.
B.
In 1832-1920 Wilhelm Wundt published a journal about experimental
psychology, on careful observation.
C.
. Instead of studying animals, they turned their attention to human behavior and
anatomy.
D.
The separation of psychology and philosophy was a huge step for the science
(Dwyer).
IV.
There were huge problems in distinction of brain problems and witchcraft.
A.
Human behavior was studied from a religious view during the middle ages.
B.
If people acted unusually they were considered possessed by evil spirits or
accused of witchcraft.
C.
. Later on when people were passed the evil spirits assumptions people with
problems were put into madhouses. They also included people who were mentally ill or
handicapped and those who were criminals.
D.
These places were a lot like prisons.
E.
The most famous madhouse was the Hospital of St. Amry of Bethlehem, London
England, and a place of horrific cruelty, neglect, whips, chains, and Filth.
F.
Bethlehem was shortened to Bethlem or Bedlam meaning “up roar” (Dwyer).
G.
). Between the 17th century most did not try to help the people with needs but
instead sent them away to madhouses.
VI Alfred Adler was an Austrian medical doctor, who founded the school of individual
psychology.
A.
Alfred Adler was an Austrian medical doctor, who founded the school of
individual psychology.
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B.
Adler was thought to believe in different ideas than others. He believed in
different styles of parenting, including both papering and rejection and so on.
C.
. In 1921 Adler established the first child-guidance clinic in Vienna, soon after
opening and maintaining about 30 more under his direction.
D.
Alfred Adler died May 28, 1937, Aberdeen, Scotland. Adler was a psychiatrist
whose influential system of individual psychology introduced the term inferiority feeling,
later widely and often inaccurately called inferiority complex (Fisher).
E.
Alfred helped many people with his research and developed many things used
today.
Conclusion
A.
Without psychology today many things would be different.
B.
It may have taken some trial and error but psychology became its own science,
with help from Alfred Adler, Wilhelm Wundt and many other people.
C.
Today psychologist can work in schools, hospitals, research firms, businesses and
government agencies, providing about 152,000 jobs for Americans.
Keep in mind that you can add as many more paragraphs with supporting details as you
need. You can have more than one sentence for a letter if you need to. Save this as an
outline.
When you are done, go up to “save as” and change the name to whatever you want to call
your final draft. Now just take out the A,B,C’s and Roman numerals. Make it look like a
paper. :~)
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Works Cited
Alder Alfred." Student Research Paper. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., n.d. Web.
Dwyer, Helen. The History of Psychology. Tucson, AZ: Brown Bear, 2010. Print.
Fisher, Molly. "Alfred Adler." Psychology History. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2012.