HUMAN EVOLUTION

Theories of Evolution

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Psychology

From the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophy raises questions about human behavior and mental processes, but it was not until 1879 that Wilhelm Wundt formalized the “new psychology” as a science, founding the first psychology laboratory using the scientific method. We can say that the history of the new psychology is divided into three main stages: The emergence of the science of the mind, the behavioral decades and the “cognitive revolution”. Wundt began trying to explain the immediate experience and develop ways to study it scientifically. For Wundt, attention is actively controlled by the intentions and motives, so we use the term “voluntarism” to describe his vision of psychology. One of his students, Edward Bradford Titchener, who impressed by the new theories in chemistry and physics, and based on the discovery of the molecular composition, argued that psychologists should consider the complex experiences in terms of simpler components. Titchener broke down consciousness into three basic elements: physical sensations, feelings, and images, and considered the role of psychology was to identify and demonstrate how these elements could be combined and integrated, approach known as “structuralism”.

Most contemporary psychologists would agree that “psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes”, but it is more broad, deep and exciting than this simple definition(Buss, 2008). Psychologists attempt to explain how we perceive, learn, remember, solve problems, communicate, feel and interact with other people, at all stages of life, in intimate relationships and community. They try to understand, measure and explain the nature of intelligence, motivation and personality, as well as individual and group differences. Psychologists can focus on the mental and emotional disturbances, social and personal problems, psychotherapy, or improving morale and group relationships. “Psychology is continually redefines” (Evans, 1999).

Since the late twentieth century, psychology was greatly expanded, new technologies in research emerged, and new fields of inquiry and approaches to the study of behavior and mental processes. These advances led to greater specialization in psychology, a growing collaboration with other sciences and the academic equivalent of an identity crisis.

Human Behavior

Human behavior is a set of manners displayed by humans, having influences by the emotions, attitudes, culture, personal and cultural values, principles, exercise of power, relationship, persuasion, hypnosis, genetic and / or coercion.

The behavior of an individual falls within the range of what is seen as common, unusual, acceptable and outside acceptable limits. Human behavior must not be confused with social behavior as it is more developed and is directed to another subject. The acceptance of behavior is fairly assessed by the social norms and regulated by different means of social control.Types of human behavior

We can distinguish humans in 7 types of behavior (words and actions): spiritual, creative, intuitive, emotional, mental, astral and sensory. However, often these behaviors are more than one at a time, which can create confusion and is often the cause of their strange behavior.The spiritual behavior is the behavior which is the cause of the thought of the Spirit incarnate in ...