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    Psychology has evolved historically through three periods: 1) a pre-scientific period where human behavior was explained through superstition and speculation, 2) a scientific period beginning in the 19th century where systematic observation and experimentation began, and 3) the current contemporary period building on the scientific foundations laid in the previous stage. The document outlines the historical development of psychology by dividing it into the pre-scientific, scientific, and present contemporary ages and discusses how explanations of human behavior transitioned from unscientific speculation to systematic study.

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    Psychology has evolved historically through three periods: 1) a pre-scientific period where human behavior was explained through superstition and speculation, 2) a scientific period beginning in the 19th century where systematic observation and experimentation began, and 3) the current contemporary period building on the scientific foundations laid in the previous stage. The document outlines the historical development of psychology by dividing it into the pre-scientific, scientific, and present contemporary ages and discusses how explanations of human behavior transitioned from unscientific speculation to systematic study.

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    Development of Psychology

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    Psychology has evolved historically through three periods: 1) a pre-scientific period where human behavior was explained through superstition and speculation, 2) a scientific period beginning in the 19th century where systematic observation and experimentation began, and 3) the current contemporary period building on the scientific foundations laid in the previous stage. The document outlines the historical development of psychology by dividing it into the pre-scientific, scientific, and present contemporary ages and discusses how explanations of human behavior transitioned from unscientific speculation to systematic study.

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    Development of psychology

    A historical persepective
    Neelam hemrajani
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    Yoga Wellness Centre (Bangalore).
    • Introduction :

    • Historically background of a subject not only presents


    fascinating story of its gradual development but also throws
    light on different ideologies pointing out different meanings,
    concepts, approaches & objectives, advocated by eminent
    scholars individually or collectively, from time to time .
    Similarly the historical evolution of the subject psychology can
    conviniently be studied by dividing the period into 3 heads:-
    • 1) Pre-Scientific
    • 2) Scientific
    • 3) Present Contemporary Age
    1) The early era of Pre-scientific Psychology:

    How we behave? & Why we behave? these questions have


    aroused curiosity from time immemorial. They were answered
    quite unscientifically merely on basis of superstition and
    spectulations such as:-

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