In this lecture we will be discussing the new psychology and the new psychologist. You will learn the meanings of personalistic and naturalistic theories and their relation to zeitgeist. During this topic you may find that personally you fall in to one of these categories of belief. As humans ones finds themselves acting in certain ways or adopting different theories over another and do not understand why. These theories will help to bring into perspective decision making and thinking processes. We will also explore how recent developments in the nineteenth century caused this era to be termed as the new psychology. Psychology has a long history and one may wonder how it is recently considered the new psychology and the new psychologist. Furthermore, we will be exploring the difficulties of women and minorities initial attempt to enter psychologies work force. No one wants to believe that once segregation had been outlawed people continued to mistreat minorities. However, history will prove different and show the struggles endured.
Personalistic thinking has been perceived in many different forms. In McCauley's article Historical Roots of Human Analysis he gives the definition of personalistic as the unique ideas that aid in the progress of change in scientific history due to great individuals. These great individuals are considered alone to change the course of history (McCauley, 2008, p.5). Andreas Vesalius is considered to be one of these great men for his contributions to the study of the human anatomy. Vesalius rejected the teaching of Galen, providing proof through his dissections on humans that Galen’s theories of human anatomy were inaccurate due to his research conducted on animals. The study of Vesalius took the ...
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...a nation of different races and genders on one accord and it also continues to help with understanding the individuality of humans. Experimentation is still widely used in almost every aspect of human relations. There have been contributions from many great men and women and I am sure there are more to come.
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