History of Psychology

Ancient Rome - 753BC to 27BC
Roman Empire - 64AD to 1453AD

• In Mecca

• Strong political Stability and Patronage
• Around this time Greek works were translated to Arabic

• Controlled North Africa, Most of Spain
• Began with Mohammed, his death and the Quran

• Proved Aristotle wrong that people could not live in the equator
• People began to question his other theories too

• Martin Luther revolted against the greed and corruption of the Papacy
• Large parts of Europe no longer under Roman Catholic rule

In Ancient Greece

• First Experimental Psychology Lab

• Principles of Psychology

• Mathematical Theorem (Pythagoras Theorem)
• Followers first to recognize the earth as sphere (proven by Aristotle)

'Everything is constantly changing and even if you did the same thing twice it would not be the same due to a changed enviroment'

• Thought books made people lazy

• 'father of modern medicine'

• Dialogues
• 'Distinction between perfect ideal and imperfect reality'
• Rationalism; truth is based on thinking and not the senses
• Three parts to the soul; Brain (Reason), Heart (Emotion), Liver (Appetite, Lower Passions)

• 3 Types of Knowledge; Productive, Practical, Theoretical
• Used Syllogism
• Came up with the Psyche; Vegetative Soul, Animal Soul, Rational Soul
• More room for observations that Plato
• Proved the earth as sphere due to shadow on the moon

• Questioned whether the earth was at the center of the universe

• In Mesopotamia

In Mesopotamia

• Based on their alphabet
• Hard to use in calculations

• Letters carved in woodblocks and printed on cloth

• Movable Printing
• Rearrange metal letters

• Founded by Plato

• Founded by Aristotle
• Beliefs differed too much from Platos

• based on self-control, fortitude and detachment from distracting emotions

• based on virtuous and temperate life with the enjoyment of simple pleasures obtained by knowledge and friendship