(心理学与生活课件）1chapter1(b)A Science Evolves.ppt

Module 2: A Science Evolves Psychology’s historical foundation psychology has the endless past, but only has the brief history. philosophy Many of the problems which psychology has investigated were first most clearly outlined by Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in the 5th century BC. Two philosophical influences on the development of psychology were: Empiricism-which argued that humans should only measure data that is objectively observable, such as behavior. Introspection-deliberate looking into one’s own mind to examine one’s own thoughts and feeling. History of