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Psychology! Already you are probably skeptical and suspicious, aren’t you? Usually when one hears that word he immediately thinks of the psychiatrist and his couch. But really psychology is much more than that. Even in its simplest form it enters into our lives every day. Children use psychology o
Psychology is a discipline, which more than most, is greatly misunderstood by the average person. Most people come in contact with psychology through the flood of self-help books in bookstores or the ramblings of some therapist when she appears on Oprah. This unfortunately creates a lot of misunders
7 October- November 1959 Psychology
(Editor's Note: This is the transcript of a lecture delivered about a year ago at the Protestant Reformed Church of Loveland; Colorado. It is published by request.) (Editor's Note: This is the transcript of a lecture delivered about a year ago at the Protestant Reformed Church of Loveland; Colorado
THE CHARACTER OF A REFORMED PSYCHOLOGY But what is that psychology? How are we to conceive of that psychology which we have said is so necessary? We must conceive of it, first of all, not merely as Christian, but as specifically Reformed. Let me explain that. There are forms of so-called Christian
One starts to do good as an act of his free will, but this act of choosing later becomes established as a habit in man. Man just cannot help but to do good because it is part of his nature. For a criticism of Greek philosophy in the realm of psychology I will use the position of Augustine. Although
Evolutionism's Effect on Psychology What is human psychology to an evolutionist? Human psychology is the study of the thinking and behaviour of man. But what is man to an evolutionist? An evolved beast. Evolutionary psychologists experiment with monkeys and other creatures, including insects, becaus
These “psychological facts” are the author’s or as he interprets them. Naturally we do not have to accept them as the last word on psychology. In reading this book one gets the impression that Dr. Kunkel has studied the Bible, theology, and various religious literature rather thoroughly.
The next general topic, and the one the Seminar has nearly completed, centers around Educational Psychology and Pedagogy. The first paper in this series, “The Scriptural Principles of Psychology,” was followed by a discussion of the soul, mind, will, and emotions.