Video-Psychology-Past, Present, and Promise

Past, Present, and Promise “Past, Present, and Promise” is the first volume in the twenty-six volume set. The video begins by introducing the series and going over basic definitions such as the definition of psychology. The video continues on by giving an example of a disorder that psychologists may work with- multiple personality disorder. A woman who has an extreme case of this disorder is introduced. At times she believes she is a scared seven …

…according to Christine Halt. Halt has studied different cultures to see how they act in comparison to their societal norms. She found that most people conform to society, rather than behave how they normally would. This is not surprising. Finally the video goes over a small amount of the history of Psychology including William James’ publishing of “Principles of Psychology” in 1890. It also briefly tells of other significant psychologists of the time such as Freud.