Origins and Evolution of Psychology


  • Psychology began as the study of the "Soul". The word "Psychology" was combined with the Greek word for "Soul" as "Psyche" and the word for science as "Logos". 
  • When looking at the evolution of psychology, the study is divided into two main periods for convenience.

  1. The informal era
  2. Philosophical age
  • The study of the Philosophical Age can be divided into several more ages for convenience.
  1. The primitive age
  2. Pre classic period
  3. The Classical Age
  4. Middle Ages
  5. Premodern era
  6. Modern era
  • Philosophers such as Socrates, Hippocrates, Aristotle, and Plato during the classical period fostered it by offering different views on the subject of psychology.
  • In the Middle Ages, two scientists, St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, presented the facts of cognition and sense perception.
  • Plene Descartes in the pre-modern era first introduced the concept of "mind" instead of "soul".
  • Also, he first presented that the mind is not a material thing and the body is a material thing. Two main concepts about the human mind were also presented.
  1. Innate concept
  2. The concept of intuition
  • Intrinsic concept is something that the individual inherits from birth and experiential concept is the experience that the individual acquires through the five senses.
  • He said that the mind can affect the body and that the mind exists with the influence of God.
  • In this way, the division of mind and body into two fields, teaching about the mind was divided into psychology and the study of the body into physiology.
  • In the modern era, psychology started to become an independent subject.
  • The "scientific method" discovered by Francis Bacon led to the scientific foundation of modern psychology. E.H Weber, Will Helm Wundt, Hermann Ebbinghaus presented different views and nurtured the subject of psychology in this era.
  • Psychology began to develop as an experimental subject, a science, due to the opening of the first psychology laboratory. Accordingly, Wilhelm Wundt is considered the father of modern psychology.
  • Herman Ebbinghaus's concept of "human memory" was a major contribution to the field of modern psychology.

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  6. Jack Damionds8 December 2025 at 04:09

    Your explanation of the Origins and Evolution of Psychology is incredibly clear and insightful. I especially liked how you connected early philosophical roots to modern psychological theories. It really helps readers understand how the field has grown over time.

    I’m currently studying psychology, and topics like these sometimes get challenging when preparing essays or research projects. Resources like this blog are extremely helpful, and when the workload gets heavy, I also look for psychology assignment help to better understand complex concepts. Thanks for sharing such valuable content—looking forward to more posts like this!

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