“My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology.” WayFirstsPsychologyFieldsEconomicsExperimentsUndertakings Book:The reminiscences of an astronomer Source: The reminiscences of an astronomer
“People often say that aesthetics is a branch of psychology. The idea is that once we are more advanced-all the mysteries of art-will be understood by psychological experiments. Exceedingly stupid at this idea is, this is roughly it.” PeopleArtIdeasPsychologyMysteryStupidUnderstoodExperimentsPsychologicalBranchesAesthetics Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“You know how it is when you go to be the subject of a psychology experiment and nobody else shows up and you think maybe that's part of the experiment? I'm like that all the time.” ThinkingKnowsShowsHumorFunnyKnow HowPsychologySubjectsExperiments Author:Steven Wright
“Of course, Behaviourism 'works'. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviourist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I will have him reciting the Athanasian Creed in public.” GivingDoeEarthFunnyScienceCoursesSimplePsychologyMonthsDrugBehaviorSixGive MeExperimentsTortureNonsenseCreedsSix MonthsElectricalDown To EarthAppliancesRecitingBehaviorismNo NonsenseElectrical Appliances Author:W. H. Auden
“In the dog two conditions were found to produce pathological disturbances by functional interference, namely, an unusually acute clashing of the excitatory and inhibitory processes, and the influence of strong and extraordinary stimuli. In man precisely similar conditions constitute the usual causes of nervous and psychic disturbances. Different conditions productive of extreme excitation, such as intense grief or bitter insults, often lead, when the natural reactions are inhibited by the necessary restraint, to profound and prolonged loss of balance in nervous and psychic activity.” MenTwoDifferentScienceFoundStrongCausesProcessNaturalLossGriefPsychologyInfluenceConditionsDogProduceBalanceActivityProfoundExtraordinaryExtremesExperimentsReactionsIntenseBitterNervousInsultProductiveUsualRestraintPsychicsStimulusInterferenceDisturbance Author:Ivan Pavlov
“Many psychologists ... thought by turning their attention to their own consciousness to be able to explain what happened when we were thnking. Or they sought to attain the same end by asking another person a question, by means of which certain processes of thought would be excited, and then by questioning the person about the introspection he had made. It is obvious ... that nothing can be discovered in such experiments.” MeanPersonsMadeEndsWould BeAbleCertainProcessAttentionConsciousnessPsychologyHappenedAskingObviousExcitedExperimentsMade ItQuestioningIntrospectionPsychologist Book:An Introduction to Psychology Source: An Introduction to Psychology
“The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering accompanies the bell. But there are innumerable instances in human life where a single association, never reinforced, results in the establishment of a life-long dynamic system. An experience associated only once with a bereavement, an accident, or a battle, may become the center of a permanent phobia or complex, not in the least dependent on a recurrence of the original shock.” HumansMayLongDoeSometimesResultsPsychologyDogBattleOriginalsComplexesAccidentsExperimentsInstancePermanentHuman LifeShockDependentAssociationEstablishmentOfferingBellsBereavementLong LifeAccompanyPhobiaRecurrencePavlov Author:Gordon Allport
“He who experiments must, while doing so, divest himself of every preconception. It is clear then that if we wish to make use of a method of experimental psychology, the first thing necessary is to renounce all former creeds and to proceed by means of the method in the search for truth.” IfsFirstsMeanUseWishClearPsychologyMethodExperimentsFormerCreedsNihilismRenouncePreconceptionsSearch For TruthExperimental Psychology Book:The Montessori Method Source: The Montessori Method
“The psychology of the alchemist is that of reveries trying to constitute themselves in experiments on the exterior world. A double vocabulary must be established between reverie and experiment. The exaltation of the names of substances is the preamble to experiments on the "exalted" substances.” WorldTryingNamesPsychologyExperimentsSubstanceVocabularyExaltedAlchemistExteriorExaltationReveriePreamble Author:Gaston Bachelard