#psychology

My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#experiment #field #first #psychology #scientific

I try to lie as much as I can when I'm interviewed. It's reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they'll print the truth. ↗

— River Phoenix

#i #i can #interviewed #lie #much

Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#affirm #beings #epistemology #into #linguistic

In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#beginning #developmental #epistemology #genetic #never

Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#explain #genetic #higher #how #judged

I published in 1978 a report on dreams in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. It was the first study of its kind to demonstrate that it is possible for people to make constructive use of their dreams to improve their lives. ↗

— Henry Reed

#constructive #demonstrate #dreams #first #i

When a person feels powerless in regard to controlling his life, he can defend against the discomfort of such an experience by asserting control over someone else. ↗

— A. Nicholas Groth

#psychology #experience

A technical survey that systematize, digest, and appraise the mid century state of psychology. ↗

— Stanley Smith Stevens

#century #digest #mid #psychology #state

What tipped the scales was that psychology involved working with rats. ↗

— Morrie Schwartz

#psychology #rats #scales #tipped #working

To me, the psychology behind the character is critical. So I work very hard to get into the mind of the man that I'm going to be playing, because number one, I want to understand why he's doing what he's doing. It's essential, it's absolutely essential. ↗

— Andre Braugher

#because #behind #character #critical #doing