By now you should have been able to log in and comment on the blog site. What we would like you to do now is to go to the following page and read some of the comments left from the students in the class before you.
http://www.psychologicalscience.com/history/2011/12/week-16-final-assignment.html
After reading the posts please answer the following:
Which posts did you like the best? Why?
Has reading these posts changed your idea of what the history of psychology is? Why or why not?
Based on these posts are there any specific topics you are interested in learning?
Thanks,
--Dr. M
http://www.psychologicalscience.com/history/2011/12/week-16-final-assignment.html
After reading the posts please answer the following:
Which posts did you like the best? Why?
Has reading these posts changed your idea of what the history of psychology is? Why or why not?
Based on these posts are there any specific topics you are interested in learning?
Thanks,
--Dr. M
The first blog I looked at was the one by Britney M. and I think hers was my favorite. I also read livinglifewithnoregrets' post and they both seemed to have a very positive outlook on the class as well as they both seemed to think that the class was going to be something different then it turned out to be.
I really liked livinglifewithnoregrets because they mentioned a lot about clinical psychology and how they liked learning about mental illnesses and how they treat people with mental illnesses now versus in the past. I really am interested in mental illnesses and in clinical psychology so it was really cool to learn that we will learn about that in this class.
I like Britney M.'s post because she really had the same idea about Skinner's idea as I do. He came up with a lot of things that were new and may have been exciting to him but in my opinion the world just wasn't ready for them, but he stood behind his inventions and provided proof and research as to why they were good.
I think these posts helped me to learn more about what you said today in class, that history doesn't have to be all names and dates and it really does currently have a bad rep. And I truely believe this class to be different. I think it will be more concepts and I'm really excited about that because those are the things that I will remember.
I think based on these blog posts I'm really interested in the history of treating mental illnesses and how it came to be that almost no one lives in an MHI anymore. I read "The Psychopath Test" and I loved it and it had to do a lot with that and it was really interesting. So I'm interested in learning about the subject deeper through this class.
The first blog I looked at was the one by Britney M. and I think hers was my favorite. I also read livinglifewithnoregrets' post and they both seemed to have a very positive outlook on the class as well as they both seemed to think that the class was going to be something different then it turned out to be.
I really liked livinglifewithnoregrets because they mentioned a lot about clinical psychology and how they liked learning about mental illnesses and how they treat people with mental illnesses now versus in the past. I really am interested in mental illnesses and in clinical psychology so it was really cool to learn that we will learn about that in this class.
I like Britney M.'s post because she really had the same idea about Skinner's idea as I do. He came up with a lot of things that were new and may have been exciting to him but in my opinion the world just wasn't ready for them, but he stood behind his inventions and provided proof and research as to why they were good.
I think these posts helped me to learn more about what you said today in class, that history doesn't have to be all names and dates and it really does currently have a bad rep. And I truely believe this class to be different. I think it will be more concepts and I'm really excited about that because those are the things that I will remember.
I think based on these blog posts I'm really interested in the history of treating mental illnesses and how it came to be that almost no one lives in an MHI anymore. I read "The Psychopath Test" and I loved it and it had to do a lot with that and it was really interesting. So I'm interested in learning about the subject deeper through this class.
I was really captured and drawn in by the first three posts on the page. All of these names and events sparked a memory in my mind because I remember talking about these people or events in my other psychology classes. I had forgotten about Phineas Gage and how he was impaled by a pole through his skull, but now I am interested and somewhat excited to learn more about these famous people in the discipline of Psychology. I don't think that by reading these posts my thoughts or ideas about the history of Psychology have changed because going into this class considering it is called "History and Systems of Psychology", I was well aware and am expecting to learn about the history of Psychology and the people that played vital roles in it as well. After reading the first three posts, there are not any actual specific topics so far that I am interested in learning about. The class as a whole, from what I have gathered so far, will be interesting.
The posts that intrigued me the most were the one's that included subjects information that I have never heard of, or know little to nothing about. For example, one post discussed how they enjoyed learning about phrenology, and before reading that post I have never even heard of such a thing. Another post that discussed near foreign subjects to me was one that included hypnosis. I generally know what hypnosis is, but not how it works or other details involved with it. These were also two topics that stood out to me that I'm looking forward to learn about and get a better understanding of. The posts that I had read didn't really change my idea of what the history of psych. entails, but it did make me come to the realization that there are far more aspects to the history of psych that I hadn't previously known before, and it is a much broader topic than what I had previously thought it was.
I really enjoyed reading the post from Gator47. I really feel like I can relate to what Gator47 was talking about in the beginning of their post. I also have never been very good at history, so on the first day of class when you said it wasn’t about memorizing dates I was relieved. However, I have been told that before and it turned out being that you still had to learn years and first or last names, but not specific days and full names. So, to hear it from someone who’s taken your class before makes me more confident in believing that all we’ll need to remember is “who died first.” I also enjoy that Gator was pretty straight forward about reading the text book and what not.
Yes reading these posts have changed my idea of what the history of psychology really is. There were a few people who posted that they thought they knew what the history of psychology was, and realized they actually knew very little. For me I don’t know very much about the history of psychology. From reading all of these posts thought I have no doubt that I’ll be learning about a lot of interesting things about psychologies history.
Based on the posts I read I really can’t wait to learn about who ever Phineas Gage is. I’ve never heard of this guy before, but it sounds pretty interesting. I want to learn more about how and why the iron that went through his head messed up his personality, but physically speaking he was fine in a couple of months.
I liked the posts that seemed the most genuine. It's more enjoyable to read a post that demonstrates interest in the topic.
I come into class with a pretty open mind so I can't say I have too many assumptions about history and systems. The posts I read indicate that the class is pretty comprehensive. It must include a thorough discussion of the lives of influential psychologists as well as a complete breakdown of the innovations they contributed to the field. I now assume that there will be quite a bit of reading involved. I hope I can pay attention long enough to absorb the important information.
The topics that I read about seem pretty familiar to me. I think I've heard most mentioned in other classes. I am interested in anything else academia has to say about Pavlov. The only thing I've heard about is the salivation study and I am sick of hearing about it even though I've forgotten the specifics of it by now. I am excited and hesitant to dive into this course but hopefully I can find some information to apply to my life.
After reading a handful of posts from the previous class, I really liked when the students elaborated on a particular person from the course material. I definitely could tell if the students were more interested in learning people or major events from their posts. I also like to look how differently each student would respond to the same exact question.
Reading the many posts did not change my idea of the history of psychology because I knew there were many different; philosophers, events, and ideas that took place to understand humans or animals. However, the posts made me very excited for this course to learn MORE about the people and things that happened in the past that created ideas upon ideas in psychology.
Based on the posts I did not have any specific topics but I personally would like to learn the mental health history of psychology. After reading the posts I can’t wait to discover the ideas behind my favorite subject: people and the way they function.
After reading a few of these past students entries I have realized there is a lot more this clss can teach me than I originally thought. The first entry by Elena20 Phineas Gage and how the findings of how his accident completely changed his personality are not completely true, that the truth was stretched. I read about Phineas Gage in Intro. to Psychology. It's odd to think that a story that is told in most introduction classes to psychology is somewhat false.
I liked that all the students said they learned something new and interesting. I found in interesting to know that some psychologist do more than just be psychologists. One of students mentioned Lillian Gilbreth, a psychologist who invented trash cans with lids that flip up with the push of a lever. I thought this was a really creative thing and I never who have guessed that a psychologist invented it.
These posts opened my eyes to what the history of psychology is. I didn't realized how broad and interesting it could be. I did know that it would be about many differen people and their many different accomplishments or discovers through out time. I never would have guessed that a psychologist did a lot of the things they have done.
I am excited to learn more about the story of Phineas Gage. It is a story so many people know, but apparently most people don't know the real story!
There was one user named "haagb", who discussed her fascination of Mary Cover Jones, who worked under Watson in his "Little Albert" experiment. Not only did she gain knowledge of fear from that experiment, but also created new research based not only on the conditioning of fear but also the relinquishing of fear. She took a problematic issue and tried to find a way to reverse it. I feel like this is what Psychology is all about, which is what the student mentioned. Psychology isn't just about observing or recording data about a particular subject, but also a way apply it to everyday life.
I feel like I had a general idea of the logistics and timeline of the history of Psychology, but after skimming over the posts of previous students it's clearer that the field isn't just points in time but how each point can lead to more in depth research in a field. Thus, giving a better understanding of a particular subject.
I think I've had a decent overview of the history of psychology, but I think I'm excited to see why one thing was so important in relation to modern psychology.
After reading through the posts the ones that stuck out to me were the ones discussing mental illness and industrial psychology. I have learned about mental illness and the treatments involved with it in other psychology courses and judging by some of the posts I read, I believe this course will allow me to create a better understanding of where some of the treatments originated and how they have evolved over time. The posts about industrial psychology were intriguing because I am taking an industrial psychology course this semester and this course will allow me to learn the history while I’m learning the principles. The posts I read didn’t change what I thought the history of psychology was. With that said they did open my eyes and make me realize that the history of psychology is much deeper than I had previously imagined and that there are many more aspects to it than I originally thought. All in all, I’m looking forward to covering the wide variety of topics offered within this course.
The post I found the most intriguing would be the post concerning Industrial Psychology and Lillian Gilbreth. This is probably because Industrial/Organizational Psychology is the field that I find most interesting. What I really found through the posts is that many of the topics have been touched on in many other Psychology classes. However it seems that in History of Psychology we will go more in depth and in detail.
I also found the post concerning the history of Mentally Illness to be encouraging. As a mom of an adult child with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder I often become frustrated with the stigma and misinformation surrounding mental illness. However after reading the post it reminded me of the great distance that society has traveled in the treatment of the mentally ill. There has been much advancement in the perceptions and treatment of these illnesses. Although there is still a lot of work to be done studying history can give hope for the future.
I am really looking forward to the semester.
The post I liked the best was the one by FoxRacer. I too am very fascinated about memory and that is what initially drew my interest to this post. I also feel that in reading this post I got a little more insight into how the class is going to be, so I can begin to structure it in my head.
My ideas on history and psychology have not been changed by any of the posts, but I expect that by the end of class I will have a more enlightened view on the subject.
A topic that I would be interested in learning more about is, why history is usually thought of as memorizing names and dates. My theory is that it is apart of the human condition, we like to think that people will remember us and what we did. If you look way back to some of the first writings, which are mostly myths but are the only pieces of ancient history we can try learn about ancient culture from. One of the main concerns of all the heros was that they would be forgotten and so they strived to do things so people would remember them. I think that this feeling is at the root of history and why we place so much emphasis on names and dates.
At first I was really skeptical about reading these post, and I really wondered why. However, after having read what would be the end, while I am just at the beginning was really interesting and insightfull for me. Personally I was really excited for this class before it even began, because I like both history and psychology, but I know there are others who are not so fortunate. This leads me to my favorite post by Gator47.
I really enjoyed the thought and honesty that Gator47 put in to their post. With not only their thoughts on history and past experiences, but you could truely tell they were passionate about what they wrote. I am really glad that Gator47 was shown that history doesn't have to be names and dates, but is so much more than that and there is so much we can take from what has happened in the past, and honestly the stories can be just plane fun.
After having read many of the post I am sure that I have a lot of work to do, because lets be honest, I have not heard of have of these people. So, for me I will just say let the adventure begin.
I thought the post from UNIstudent2012 was interesting, because it talked about Alfred Benet did on the intelligence test. This blog told how they were presented as "unintelligent" because these immigrants were unable to answer the questions correctly, and in English. Some individuals coming into the U.S. are unable to speak English very well and they are coming into a history that is different from their own, but that doesn't mean that they are "unintelligent."
My ideas have not really changed, but I am sure that by the end of the class I will have more insight and understanding to the subject that will be covered.
Right now I can't name a specific topic that I want to learn more about, I am just excited to get started and be able to learn more about these topics that were discussed.
One of my favorite posts that I read was from eastburrd. I also think behaviorism is very interesting, and I liked reading about some of the historical concepts that they used to come up with to figure out why people do and say the things that they do. For example, the shape of someones head and the lumps on the scalp. It's crazy to think of what doctors would have told you at one time! Some of the other posts were helping in discussing the text book and how they enjoyed the class as a whole. It really put my mind at ease!
I don't know if these posts changed what I thought about the history of psychology. Psychology has one of the most bizarre beginnings people could imagine. So many things were controversial and unethical and sometimes just absolutely silly. History of psychology I think it going to be extremely fun to learn about.
There isn't one topic I am most interested in for this course. I'm excited to see what we'll be covering!
After reading the posts, my favorite was the one that talked about Alfred Benet and the work he did on intelligence testing. Even though the post didn’t go into great detail, the subject caught my eye and interested me.
Reading these posts has not really changed my idea of what the history of psychology is; however, reading the posts has made me more aware of all the different things we are going to cover this semester. The topics have far more in-depth information and ideas than just names and dates. They went into what the event was and how it influenced events that followed.
Based on these posts the specific topic I am interested in learning more about is the measurement of intelligence. How tests were developed. How they were evaluated. What theories developed around the tests such as is intelligence largely inherited or is it largely environmental determined. What other qualities or traits related to intelligence. What methods are sued to study intelligence.
I really enjoyed the post from Elena20. She wrote something about Phineas Gage, and an accident he had with a pole. After the accident, he completely changed, and I find it very intriguing to learn more about how something like that can happen. I am really looking forward to learning more about this particular situation. Another post I like was from UNIStudent2012. This post wrote about behaviorism, and that’s probably what interests me most about Psychology. I really enjoy learning about why people do the things they do. Are there certain things that trigger different kinds of behaviors? Can certain behaviors be related to genetics? Those are just two of the many questions I hope to have answered while taking this class. Reading these posts hasn’t really changed my idea of the history of Psychology. I knew that there was so much material and so many inspiring figures involved in the history of Psychology. These figures played a pivotal role in shaping Psychology as a whole and making it possible for us to continue to study it today. I can’t wait until we get into the material, so I can start learning about it all. After reading the posts, I’m very interested in learning more about the case of Phineas Gage. I want to learn about how all of that occurred, and what caused him to have such a drastic change in his behavior. Also, I want to learn more about behaviorism. I’m very new to Psychology as I just changed my major over the summer. With that being said, I’m very interested to learn about the history of Psychology. I feel that learning the roots of Psychology will help me get a better grip on it as a whole.
After reading the posts, I really enjoyed the ones that went into detail. The students that expressed interest in their topic and thoroughly explained why they enjoyed that topic, I feel did a much better job than other students. I also really liked reading the posts about Phineas Gage and mental health treatments because these are areas that sparked my interest. Almost all of the topics that were discussed seem very interesting, but these two subjects in particular stood out to me. I can't say I have put much thought into what this class will be about, but it seems like it will be what I thought it is. I am also glad to know that we don't have to remember the names and dates, as with most other history classes. The concepts we learn are much more important than any name or date. There is so much to cover about the history of psychology, and I look forward to learning about the various areas that we will be studying.
After reading a number of posts I enjoyed reading the posts that gave a lot of detail in the writing such as one student wrote about an experiment that went terribly wrong and another talked about an I/O psychologist which is what I'm currently interested in. When a writer uses more detail it makes the blog more interesting to read.
The class does sound much more exciting after reading about piaget and some of the other psychologists in the blogs and the great things they did for our field of psychology. If the students remembered this details so well it also means that the reading and teaching must be pretty interesting as well which I'm excited for.
I'm very interested in the weird and wacky experiments that early psychologists preformed and also anything about I/O psychology.
I really enjoyed the few blogs that I read. I think classes like this really help students improve their writing ability. I noticed that quite a few people writing on these blogs had a firm interest in I/O psychology. I am excited to learn a little about it just because I've never taken a course in I/O psychology before and it seems as if a lot of students are interested in it. (I've actually heard that I/O psychologists typically make more money as well, so its not a particularly bad thing to have an interest in.)
Although from what I saw, I didn't see anything about Psychology and Law, I hope to learn a little bit about the history of it. This is important to me because I am in the process of applying to law school and I want to be able to tell people a little bit about why psychology can be considered a valuable key to the law. Through my college years I've spent a lot of time researching Psychology and Law and actually working in a Psych and Law lab at Iowa State University.
After reading through many blog posts I found myself liking the ones that talked about mental illnesses and intelligence testing or IQ tests. I have been in multiple psychology courses and have always taken an interest in how the brain works and what shapes someone’s viewpoints or personality. I believe these two topics would spark my interest and I would enjoy reading about them. Reading these posts does not change my thoughts about the history of psychology. I believe that if I can have wanderings thoughts and high interest in discovering how human beings work someone else has also had that thought. I believe we still haven’t fully figured that out, which is why psychology has been such a consistent study because there aren’t always answers. I am excited to learn as much as I can about the history of psychology in general, because it is a topic and class that I have always enjoyed learning about and knowing how it all started would very interesting.
Most of the posts of this final blog were well-written and deeply thoughtful. One jumped out at me more so than the others. That was the post by Cory D. My attention was grabbed from the first sentence, since I could directly relate. I was looking forward to not having any more required history classes after I transferred here. Then, when I saw this class listed as one of the required classes, my skepticism sparked. Then the paragraph continues to justify taking the class. Now I'm a mix of relieved and excited to see what this course has to offer.
My idea of the history of psychology hasn't changed much after reading these posts. The concept seemed fairly self-explanatory. I expect to learn mainly about psychology in the Western world from its origins, through the behaviorism movement, and to the current cognitive revolution. These posts seem to confirm my predictions and explain in detail the key players and important cases examined.
I'm mostly interested in learning about the outdated methods that were used in the early stages of psychology. I know that even recently, as with the Stanford Prison experiments, the ethics of psychology are ever being tested and limits pushed. Old psychological methods that have been replaced by safer or more ethical methods always interest me. At some point, some well-educated psychologist believed disciplines like phrenology were among valid methodologies.
1. I really enjoyed a post that was several down. It was posted by someone with the screen name “foxracing”. I liked this post because, even though it was the end of the semester for him/her, he/she still referenced the stuff from the beginning. They talked about chapter 4. This shows that they were able to learn something as they still remembered much detail from the material from 12 weeks prior. Also, I liked this post because I was able to learn something from it. Regardless of my interests in psychology and the specific branches, I had never heard of Hermann Ebbinghaus. Memory is very interesting to me. I spent some time this summer doing research in conscious thought and memory as I also explored neuroscience, dopamine in particular. It’s also ironic that this person talks about memory, as clearly, they are able to “remember” stuff from the weeks prior.
2. After reading this post I have an incredible interest in manipulation of the mind and memory and how it was studied over time. I have a feeling that the history of Psychology will not be as boring as other “standard” history classes. Reading the post have slightly raised my interest in the potential course material that I will be seeing over the next weeks. Thanks to a few posts, I would like to know what started the research in this area and how they even researched it to begin with. Perhaps it changed my image of the history of Psychology as it shined a light on other branches of study within the field. I figured that the study of psychology just started as an over arching idea. On the other hand, it seems like that’s not the case. It looks like there were multiple disciplines of study in the field that were happening around the same time. I know about Pavlov, Freud, Skinner, and the other popular psychologists, but it’s nice to add another name and discipline to my common knowledge of the recent psychological history.
3. A few of the post drew my attention to the topic, memory. In some way, all of the posts reflected memory as the students were reflecting on their past semester of learning. It seems that repetition and time play a large role in memory (according to “foxracing’s” post). I wonder if the students were able to remember all of the stuff they learned because of repetition or because it had been under 4 months (short period of time/short term memory). Which is stronger when it comes to memory, The quality of the memory, the repetitions, the amount of time it’s been since the event occurred? Thanks to these posts I have a growing interest in memory. I would like to know who the first person to study memory was…why they decided to study it…what they found….etc. I appreciated this post because it took something seemingly so simple, and made it “deep”.
The posts I enjoyed the most were the posts I learned about new people and new information. I liked these the most because I wasn't reading about something I already knew about, it was something that I had never heard of before. These posts changed my views of the history of psychology. This class is not your "average history class" where dates and wars seem to be the focus of the class. This class is about learning different psychology and the different people that influenced it and how they influenced it. I am interested and looking forward to reading and learning more about what everyone in the previous class had to say in their blogs about what was their favorite part of the class.
I really enjoyed the very first post I read and a few others that went into details about specific studies and researchers. When a student summarized the study of Gage, I was incredibly interested to find out that this doctor had possibly lied about the symptoms that Gage had after being impaled with a pole through his frontal cortex. Also, reading about Ebbinghaus and his studies on memory, has made me look forward to learning more about him and what exactly he found out. I like the posts that explained stories and studies done on subjects that I haven’t learned much about, including memory and animal magnetism and the experiments done with magnets and energy. I don’t care much for clinical psychology, especially after taking the course on it because I find it a bit dry and not as interesting.
Reading these posts didn’t change my mind on what the history of psychology is because I really didn’t have too much of an opinion on it. After reading posts though, I am much more interested in learning about the history of psychology and finding out how experiments done by past psychologists have transformed into the modern study of psychology.
I am very much looking forward to behavior modification because it seemed like many students enjoyed that topic. From reading their comments, behavior modification provides a different insight to psychology. I am also looking forward to learning about memory because I want to know why and how the brain works in order to collect and forget memories.
I liked the section about why studying history is important. I thought ideas about Old versus New History were interesting. This helped me become more open minded and hopefully I will be able to keep this with me throughout the semester and beyond. I also found the analogy from David McCullough about the man who loves the woman to be interesting. I thought it was funny and a creative way to help me and most normal non-historian types understand another reason why history is important. Then the third part I found interesting was the Internal versus External History. This is something I never would have come up with on my own. I think that both of these viewpoints can be important and was not surprised to see at the conclusion of the talk of Old versus New History that the book will try to stay in the middle of these two approaches.
The least interesting part was sources of historical data. This was very dry without any fun quotes or analogies. It is important but not very interesting unless one is going to write a serious history book or article and I doubt I will.
Going back to the section on New versus Old History. I think that keeping a non-presentist mind when reading will help me.
I would like to learn more about the IQ testing mentioned in relation to immigrants and Henry Goddard. This was what got me to understand Presentism the most. I think situations not exactly but similar to this could exist or happen even today. I also want to learn more about comparative psychology. I took an animal behavior class last semester at UC Denver and I really enjoyed it. However the class focused of the biological aspects of the behavior and a lot less on the study of the behavior in relation to humans. There was not a whole lot of history in the class.
Many ideas passed through my mind while reading this chapter. Some were “Wow, this is not a quick read, I will have to allow plenty of time to read these chapters.” Other ideas were on history in general. I also thought about what a huge undertaking it must be to go into those huge archive, look through material, sort though it all and then write a book that is not too boring.
I liked the posts that talked about some of the famous researchers and discoveries of the past. Being a senior it’s nice to go back in time and go over some of the concepts and ideas that I learned about in the past. It’s easy to forget about all those important ideas that we brushed over in our early years of college. After reading the posts, my idea of this class (the history of psychology) hasn’t really changed. I figured this class would focus on the important contributions that have been made to the study and advancement of psychology. Most likely it will hit on the failures and disproved theories of psychology too. I’m interested in learning about Darwins and Thorndikes contributions to the world of psychology.
I like reading the response from eastburd. From what they talked about with the behavior modification, I am excited to learn more about that. Why people do what they do. They were talking about how they analyze their friends more, and I’m sure after learning this, I would do it as well. To an extent, I already think about what they do and say through a psychological lens, but I think after learning more of the details, I will do it even more than I already do. From the sounds of it, we are learning some concepts as well as history. I’m glad that there will be a bled and not just names and dates of people rather than the concepts they contributed to psychology as a whole.
There were a few posts that I found to be interesting. The first post I noticed was from fox racing. He discussed how the chapter on memory was very interesting to him. Like him, I also find the brain and memory to be very interesting. Through all of my classes in psychology I have only gathered bits and pieces on memory. Hermann Ebbinghaus and the experimental study of memory in chapter 4 seems interesting to me. Another post I found interesting was Nikki Brauer’s post on the past of mental illness treatments. I have taken abnormal psychology and learned about some of the issues from radical ideas of treatment to the poor conditions these patients were exposed to. It seems that I will get more information when we discuss chapter 12. After reading these posts I have realized that there is more than just boring names and theories that go with this class. It seems to bring both the history and the modern day of psychology to a better understanding. This allows both the past and present concepts and allows me to get a better understanding of where it all came from but also where it is going. The two topics that caught my attention were the topic on memory in ch.4 and the topic on mental illness and treatment in Ch. 12. I have always found these two topics very interesting. Memory affects most of us on a daily basis which is why I interested in that topic.
I really enjoyed reading the blog from livinglifewithnoregrets about the mentally ill; I also enjoyed that this person also discussed Dorothea Dix and the reform she started in mental hospitals. The reason I think I found this article to be the most interesting to me is because mental hospitals have come a long way since back in the day, they have improved immensely for the good and to think a women had something (not all) to do with it. Women back in the day were not taken seriously and for her to stand up for what she believed in gives women everywhere a powerful feeling that she can do the same.
Another post I found to be interesting was from HeatherE about Darwin’s theory of evolution. The reason I chose this one was because last year when I took a religion class (I had to for a capstone) we took the whole semester discussing this theory and every other detail involved. I still love learning and discussing what Darwin thought about how humans made their way to earth, whether I believe it or not isn’t the point I still find it fascinating.
After reading these posts my idea of the history of psychology has not changed. I can’t really say if I ever had a specific idea of the history of psychology, I do feel that after reading these blogs there is a lot more to the basis of the history than I thought there would be. I do believe no one can really know and fully understand everything about a certain history because there is so much detail and specific reasons to our past, people can spend fifty years studying psychology history and still never fully get all their questions answered.
My interest for this class is to learn about where we get a lot of our big ideas from now, like where they originated from and why this person came up with it. I can’t say anything in specific catches my eye because the history of psychology as a whole is kind of an interesting topic to begin with. I am very excited and eager to learn in this class and can’t wait to get started. I also am very excited to not only learn about just the old dead guys that played a semi-important role in psychology history.