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This is a crash course in the scientific discipline of Psychology!

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show The word Psychology comes from the ancient Greek words psyche (soul, mind) and logia (study or account).  
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show In universities in the U.S. Psychology's roots were taught in Philosophy and in universities in Germany, Psychology's roots were taught in science faculties. (All sciences have evolved from philosophy, btw).  
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show The science of mind and behavior.  
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show Psychology officially became its own scientific discipline in 1879, when the Psychologist Wilhelm Wundt opened up the first laboratory dedicated to Psychology.  
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show The main branches of Psychology are Cognitive Psychology, Behaviorism, Social Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis, Developmental Psychology, and the Psychology of Difference.  
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