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Wikipedia Tour: Psychology
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History of psychology
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The history of psychology as a scholarly study of the mind and behavior dates back to the Middle Ages. It was widely regarded to a branch of philosophy until the middle of the 19th century, when psychology developed as an independent scientific discipline in Germany. Psychology borders on various other fields including physiology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, sociology, and anthropology.
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Early psychological thought
- 3 Medieval psychological thought
- 4 Beginnings of Western psychology
- 5 The Emergence of German Experimental Psychology
- 6 Early American Psychology
- 7 Early French Psychology
- 8 Early British Psychology
- 9 Second Generation German Psychology
- 10 The Emergence of Behaviorism in America
- 11 Second Generation French Psychology
- 12 Soviet psychology of 1920-30s
- 13 Cognitivism
- 14 Dissenting schools
- 15 See also
- 16 Notes
- 17 References
- 18 External links
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