ABSTRACT
The aim of psychology is to render our knowledge of human nature more exact and more systematic, in order that we may control ourselves more wisely and influence our fellow-men more effectively. Psychology is a member of this group of anthropological sciences; it may be distinguished from the wider science of anthropology by saying that it is concerned, not with man as one animal species among others, but with man in his distinctively human aspect. The revolution of the popular attitude toward psychology, from one of complete indifference to that of excessive trust and expectation of practical guidance from it, brings serious drawbacks and dangers to the orderly development of the science. Ancient psychology accepted the soul, and was chiefly concerned to distinguish the various functions of the soul and to assign them seats in the various parts of the body. In the modern period this type developed into what is generally called "faculty psychology."
