To the surprise of many, the roots of the nonintrospective, ‘objective,’ approach to the psychological study of men and animals go back to Aristotle. The term ‘psychology’ emerged in the 16th century, and that of ‘objective psychology’ can be documented early in the 19th century. It occurs in J. E. Purkinje's notes for lectures on psychology, given in 1827. Their text was not published until 1987. It remains uncertain who was the first to use the term in print; however, it occurs in Herbert Spencer's Principles of Psychology, published in 1855.
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