| Abstract: | States that since a perceptive young person's interest in psychology begins with the problem of understanding himself and his own life, this vital interest should be utilized in starting out with studies of human life as a whole in terms of life history studies. These, viewed in an integrative frame, could easily serve as starting point for studying more specific aspects of psychology, e.g., the biological substructure of life, psychophysiological functions, individual and social behavior, cognition, motivation, human development, normal and abnormal personality, and all other functions and performances. The segmented studies would be more meaningful to the student, if related to the whole of human life and of the person. (19 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
