TOPIC ONE: PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. ORIGIN OF PSYCHOLOGY Psychology has its origin/genesis in Greek. The word Psychology has two Greek words i.e. 'Psycho' and 'Logos', Psycho means soul, life, spirit, the mind or mental process. Logy comes from Greek word logos meaning the doctrine, theory, science of or study of. So the term Psychology was defined as the science or study of the mind, soul, life and mental process. (Webster dictionary, 1980). This basic definition of the subject has undergone various changes due to changing interpretations of the nature and focus of the subject itself both in temporal and special sense. Today given the diversity and tremendous range of issues and concerns addressed by psychologists there is no single definition differentiating what is and what is not psychology as psychology cuts across all the disciplines. In the early stages of the subject 1850's and early 1900 Psychology was commonly defined as the science ...
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