MODERN PSYCHOLOGY

A History of Modern Psychology



A History of Modern Psychology

A History of Modern Psychology

Psychology was a branch of philosophy just until the late nineteenth century and was with the study of the soul (psukhé, in Greek). Psychology now is a science studies the behavior of organisms. Modern psychology has gradually detached from independent schools of philosophical thought and currently uses the experimental method, in addition to the statistical and, mathematical models relating to the theory of cognition information. The birth of the term psychology can be traced back to the sixteenth century, with German, Latin and Greek scholars (Murphy, G. 1949).The ...