I think this is important because it shows that just because it had a negative effect on the people at the height of its popularity doesn't mean that that idea or theory should be shunned or forgotten, and for the most part it hasn't but by putting it all together it shows just how strong this science is and how promising the future of it will always be.

This is important because it shows just how much the American population and American psychology was more into focusing on the application of something despite it having much foundation of data and proof to stand on. I think this is always important to note because America had a big impact in the middle years of psychology's life, as of right now, because of its taking so many ideas and just jumping right into them with no hesitation that in reality it probably helped some with refining the different ideas of psychology of that time.

I think this is very significant to history because it represents a time when there was so much to try and put into a text book that all that information appeared to students as more of a jumbled mess when it was actually a delicately interwoven tapestry that when broken down can be critical to understanding all that is the history of psychology.

I think this part is very powerful because what people do with the information that we discover could help us further understand the mind or lead to deterioration of it.

I think this is important because it shows that what started as 2 branches of psychology and 2 different focuses should now be united because life relies on both forms and by unifying them it would be possible to weed through all that information and find what is relevant and what is more supplemental information.

This is important to note because if the study of psychology was to create a more unified system then it would be more accepted and welcomed into the league fo sciences. Although I think it is important that the author mentioned that it should still refer to its beginnings and not forget its basic foundations.

This is important because as it so clearly states both Freud and Binet and Simon's ideas were brought to America. This is also important because of the recognition of different areas of psychology becoming more accepted and a willingness to expand the study of psychology from just books and papers to applying it in real life. This doesn't mean that there wasn't applied psychology just that the members of the study of psychology were more willing to accept this new aspect of psychology more so than before having seen the possibilities it presents.

I believe that this is important to note because even though the Freudian era was falling there developed more refined and credible forms of Freudianism that combined the basis of Freudianism along with working with other areas of psychology allowed for more accurate or understandable knowledge to be discovered and accepted into the study of psychology.

This is very important to note in the history of psychology because just as it says neither psychology nor civilization will ever return to a pre-Freudian stage. The era of Freudianism altered the understanding of psychology in a way that there was no going back. I believe this to be a major turning point in psychology's path and it definitely veered very far from what the author and other psychologists would believe to be the right path.

Again I feel that this gentleman is expressing the exact same beliefs that I too have towards Freudianism and how it obviously ignored many other things beyond its sole focus.

I found this paragraph to be very funny and also very blunt. I laughed because as he so eloquently put it led him to woeful extravagance in application. I whole-heartedly agree with that because I knew about Freud's work before learning about the other areas and history of psychology. I also think this supports my idea that Freudianism was so popular in main stream society that it did invite disaster because it lead to some judging the whole study of psychology based on one area.

This whole paragraph I believe is very important because I believe it shows how the American people at the time wanted a cure all solution for everything and when Freudianism was introduced it couldn't have arrived at a better time. It also showed how a small group of psychologist could make a whole study and the rest of its members become ostracized and labeled by one sole area of study. This had such a huge impact on the cultural understanding of psychology that I believe that for a long time it really affected how the public viewed the study of psychology.

I definitely think this is very important to note in the history of psychology because this is when Pavlov's dogs experiment made the headlines in this technique was overworked on arrival as it says. Behavioralists ran with this idea and didn't bother trying to understand the difference between a dog and a human, at least that's how I interpret it, and they used it as a cure all for everything.

I think this is an important part to note in psychology's history because it makes it obvious that even then some people questioned the system of study for behavioralism because of its varying way of interpreting different situations and not having data to back that declaration up thus proving that it is very subjective in what it is looking at.

This portion of the paragraph really confused me because to me the author continues to bounce back and forth on what he believes to be a true psychology or branch of psychology. I understand that he believes that the true path of psychology is not being followed but some of his comments are very confusing.

To be honest this paragraph really seems very aggressive in the author expressing just how ludicrous he believes some areas are being conducted. Although I am getting tripped up by the wording and writing style of this time I am definitely confused on what he was trying to express here.

I think this is important to psychology's history is because it obviously shows that the author is acknowledging the fracturing of psychology into different branches. It was never meant to be idea to study, just like you can break down physics and physiology they can be broken down into different areas of study. Astrophysics is a part of physics but it isn't the only part of it. The same goes for both psychology and physiology.

Just because we have the numbers doesn't mean that we understand what that data is trying to show us. It's how we put that data to use. It can either reveal important ground breaking discoveries or useless numbers, it all depends on how you measure and how you interpret that information. This is important to the history because this gentleman obviously realizes how the study of psychology needed to be altered. We need to but both data and application together not separated.

I think this portion is important for the history of psychology because it shows not just the inclines of psychology but also the declines and plateau in its history. It is also important because it lead to other psychologists to recognize what they wanted out of the study and it wasn't just statistics. It lead to psychology being lead down the wrong track apparently but I think that it was more the men of those times not wanting to branch out and explore the other applications that psychology could be used for and it is important to understand all the different view of the different founders of psychology to better grasp the current psychology we know today.

I feel at this portion William James admits that he feels what the study of psychology should have become is not occurring in fact he isn't even sure that it is even headed in the right direction at all and is very upset by this. I feel that this in the idea of how it is important in the history of psychology is that it shows that what was planned for this study is almost going in the exact opposite direction. It shows how psychology is evolving and taking on a life of its own which isn't exactly what either James or Hall want.