By Dr. Stephen F. Davis, Dr. William Buskist
ISBN-10: 1412949688
ISBN-13: 9781412949682
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What was this monumental insight? Fechner realized that it was possible to measure, with great precision, the relation between the physical and psychological worlds—in short, he had discovered a scientific approach to the centuriesold mind-body problem. The psychological world and the physical world are not the same. If they were, there would be no psychology. All psychological phenomena could be explained fully by the laws of physics. But the physical world and the psychological world are not in a one-to-one correspondence.
Psychology is everywhere. It is the stuff of television, movies, country music lyrics, plays, talk radio, novels, tabloid newspapers, and the Internet. The public cannot seem to get enough of psychology. It is not the kind of psychology that PhD psychologists would call psychology, but it is the public’s psychology, and the public embraces it as both entertainment and a prescription for a better life. In the 19th century, Americans also embraced a popular psychology that promised them similar positive outcomes (see T.
The public cannot seem to get enough of psychology. It is not the kind of psychology that PhD psychologists would call psychology, but it is the public’s psychology, and the public embraces it as both entertainment and a prescription for a better life. In the 19th century, Americans also embraced a popular psychology that promised them similar positive outcomes (see T. H. Leahey & G. E. Leahey, 1983). Phrenology and Physiognomy Two of the popular psychologies of the 19th century were based on the physical features of a person’s head and on the belief that differences in facial features or the shape of the head determined a person’s intelligence, personality, integrity, and so forth.
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