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Psychology should be conceived as the science of the self, or person, as related to its environment, physical and social.
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The quote defines psychology as the study of a person in relation to the world around them. That world includes both the physical environment and the social environment of other people and society. It presents the self not as isolated, but as understood through its connections with these surroundings.
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- Classics in the History of Psychology, York University
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