History and Systems of Psychology

Introduction

Psychology’s current variety, both as a vibrant study field and in its numerous solicitations, compels the public to inquire on how it came into existence. In the current marketplace, careers and concepts illustrate the impact psychology had in multiple intellectual arenas. The past, progressions and organizations of psychology including the different opinions has permanent and social interactions aspects on scientific investigations and technical progressions (Wango, 2017). Psychology forms part of logical, historical, medical, legislative, philosophy and financial development of the society. In addition, the onset and progression of psychology has marked the advancement which integrated with other disciplines such as counselling and psychotherapy.

Background of Psychology and Major Contributions of Psychology

 All traditions and communities throughout history gambled about the world’s nature. This included the human thoughts, body, heart and soul. Traditional communities tried to interpret the world via customary and religious perspectives. This was inclusive of standardized customs and mannerisms conducts. For instance, Socrates shaped the cultural ad intellectual development of the entire human society (Del et al., 2016). On the other hand, Hippocrates cited the brain as the origin of mental illness and personality issues. Ancient communities tried to comprehend the world. Some of the subject matter they tried to understand is the issue of life and death, heavenly bodies and seasons. The attempt to understand psychological led to the development of myths, legends, oral narratives, balls, sayings, and art. Communities created religion and other societal aspects such as matrimony and clan. In almost every customary communities, and social life, all the aspects of the community seems related to each other. Society also imparted values based on the philosophies guiding the community. These includes mannerism, actions and regulations of the community. Sooner than later, the members of the community noticed that some people deviated from the societal norms. Thus, the community appointed some leaders who would deal with deviant behavior. Handling anomaly or mental illness in the ancient communities was chiefly through exorcism.  Traditional healer or doctor carried out the exorcism (Del et al., 2016). The concept was to remove evil spirit. In the current societies, there is strong correlation and inclination to the ancient norms. For instance mentally ill patients are taken for counselling. In short cultural psychology and modern day counselling helps in understanding vital information on personal identity and other communities.

Development of Logical, Philosophy and Psychology

 In ancient cultures, philosophers and specialists such as Hippocrates and Descartes trailed information while investigating mechanisms which caused the generation of logical, ideological and psychological. Hippocrates acknowledged mental disorder as an infection and sought to rectify the causal physical pathological causes. Expressive challenges were later recognized among other primary medical issues (Dalton et al., 2013). Advanced researches led to the learning of human brain, feelings, individuality and evaluation trials. Based on verified expert research, in the ancient civilizations, healers, philosophers and medicine healers helped explained or form some of the psychological concepts seen in the current world today. During the middle age, human experienced expansion in the field of philosophy. Furthermore, philosophical concepts influenced and changed the world. Later on, philosophical knowledge became high specialized hence facilitating its application in other disciplines. Thus, this led to the sporadic expansion of psychological concepts such as psychiatry. More so, advancing investigations enlightened people on the need and role of psychology in the everyday of the people. In the past, mental illness was negatively perceived and annihilated from the rest of the community. Initially, mentally ill individuals were restricted in beds and even whipped. However, During the 1800s, the medication of mental illness patients changed drastically, as psychologists came up with better ideas which were then incorporated in the society. Subsequently, psychoanalysis methods such as behaviorism, humanistic mechanisms and mental mannerisms confirmed that mental disorders could be treated in human ways. Hence, psychological ideals exposed people to the normal situations under which the human mind could be subjected to without any restrictions.

Events Which Influenced Psychology

 Ancient manuscripts on psychological subject matters go back to 1550 BCE. This was when ancient Egyptian civilizations recorded numerous psychological situations such as depression and anxiety among others. During this periods, the Egyptians thought that psychological disorders had an underlying supernatural cause. Hence, these ancient manuscripts did not have a scientific underlying to the cause (King et al., 2009). Nevertheless, the fact of the matter is that ancient Egyptians understood the existence of mental illness and took it seriously. As a result, the ancient Egyptians set the groundwork for the development and progression of psychological issues in the future centuries. Taking into consideration the ancient norms and psychological issues, one may date them back to 3500 years ago the key operations under which psychology operates were said to have been discovered during this period. In the end, one can easily choose one topic on psychology and trace its roots back to its origin the ancient historical books. More so, one can take a scientific concept and trace it back into the origins of psychological concepts. In the end, the evolution of the tenets of psychology tend to relied on the application all around the world. Most of the time, the chance to capture all of the concepts at a go is a challenging affair hence forcing experts to converts the information into relevant actionable information. In other words, the tenets of psychological systems are held together by the conceptualization and organization of fundamental mechanisms. Hence with time psychological concepts have been used to control and make policies and scientific discoveries. This is similar to a paradigm due to the umbrella body of psychology which constitutes psychological concepts in the world.

The Role Francis Galton Played In the Advancement of Psychological Concepts

            Galton is an example of the strides psychological field has made over the years. Borne in 1911, Galton made extensive influences on psychology concepts. Specifically, Galton embraced various visualizations and was the first experts to identify and investigate ‘synaethesia’. He also came with the word-association evaluation to study the role of subconscious mind. Therefore, Galton initiated practical aspects of psychology hence leading to the unveiling of differential psychology (Grof, 2008). Differential psychology entails variances between individuals rather than the observation of mutual traits. In fact Galton began practically from nowhere and began formulating the tools needed to assess psychological conditions humans faced on a daily basis.   More so, the placement of the Galton’s ideological perspectives depends on the correlation and accumulation which in turn was developed in the ancient periods. Therefore, his concepts were later developed and used by other psychological experts. In summary, Galton impacted the psychological field.

Community and Psychology

            As stated earlier, the concepts of psychology have influenced the manner in which people perceive issues and their impact on the entire community. More so, two major issues in psychological issues is emotions and the interpretation of the underlying causes of the emotions. As a result humans were forced to explore psychodynamic psychology. Psychodynamic systems emphasizes unconscious or unseen motives which experts claim to be an impactful tool in the management of processes such as conscious motivation, perception, memories and mannerisms. A predominant issue in psychodynamic systems is one of Plato’s symbol of a human soul pulled by commanding stallions (Fuchs et al., 2007). This the development of other aspects of psychology were dependent on the people who initiated the entire process and how other people interpret or interacted  with  the nature on these sentiments. On the other hand, behavioral theory based its systems on seen actions or perceptions which one could openly identify and even rectify. The challenges of the study of different facets of psychology made experts embed their ideas in scientific concepts.

            In summary, psychology is an influential field which has impacted different zones of information. Grasping the how the human mind works helped humans discover science, seasons and form societies around these common psychological knowledge. Ancient societies learnt to connect the mind to actions and even disease. Psychological concepts expanded some of application of the field medicine and other sectors of the community. Psychology enabled people to know right from wrong and also defined the societal norms to be used on a daily basis. In terms of diagnosis experts such as Galton made psychology into a practical concepts that could be measured and observed based on various measurements. As humans developed, the mind and behavior influenced some of the norms people experienced in all aspects of life.

 

 

 

 

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