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Psychohistory depends on the idea that, while one cannot foresee the actions of a particular individual, the laws of statistics as applied to large groups of people could predict the general flow of future events.
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Psychohistory relies heavily on historical biography.
Others have dismissed deMause's theories and motives arguing that the emphasis given by Psychohistory to speculation on the psychological motivations of people in history make it an undisciplined field of study.
Called forth to stand trial on Trantor for allegations of treason ( for foreshadowing the decline of the Galactic Empire ), Seldon explains that his science of Psychohistory foresees many alternatives, all of which result in the Galactic Empire eventually falling.
Psychohistory is based on group trends and cannot predict with sufficient accuracy the effects of extraordinary, unforeseeable individuals ; and, as originally presented, the Second Foundation's purpose was to counter this flaw.
The Wellfleet Psychohistory Group, as it became known, focused mainly on psychological motivations for war, terrorism and genocide in recent history.
* History and Human Survival: Essays on the Young and the Old, Survivors and the Dead, Peace and War, and on Contemporary Psychohistory, Random House, 1970.
Psychohistory has one basic, underlying limitation which Asimov postulated for the first time on literally the last page of the final book in the Foundation series: psychohistory only functions in a galaxy populated only by humans.
Psychohistory and one
Isaac Asimov's fictional science of " Psychohistory " in his Foundation series also faces with this dilemma ; Asimov even had one of his psychohistorians discuss the paradox.
Psychohistory and particular
Psychohistory derives many of its concepts from areas that are perceived to be ignored by conventional historians as shaping factors of human history, in particular, the effects of childbirth, parenting practice, and child abuse.
A psychogenic mode in Psychohistory is a type of mentality ( or psychoclass ) that results from, and is associated with, a particular childrearing style.
Psychohistory and individual
One of the central tenets of Psychohistory was the belief in standard human reaction to outside stimuli, which the Mule negated, and the practice of dealing with masses of people, not individuals ; an individual capable of altering the Seldon Plan could not be calculated.
Psychohistory and statistics
Psychohistory is a fictional science in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe which combines history, sociology, etc., and mathematical statistics to make general predictions about the future behavior of very large groups of people, such as the Galactic Empire.
The Mule operated completely outside the Seldon Plan because Psychohistory operated only with probabilities and known human statistics, but the Mule was a mutant, and thus his birth was not predicted by Seldon, nor were his startling mental abilities.
Psychohistory and groups
* Psychohistory, the real ( non-fictional ) study of the psychological motivation of groups in historical and current events
Psychohistory and flow
Another theory that has similarities to Psychohistory is " Generational Dynamics " proposed by John J. Xenakis, where he proposes, " Generational Dynamics is a historical methodology that analyzes historical events through the flow of generations, and uses the analysis to forecast future events by comparing today's generational attitudes to those of the past ".
Psychohistory and future
According to Krugman, his interest in economics began with Asimov's Foundation novels, in which the social scientists of the future use ' Psychohistory ' to attempt to save civilization.
Psychohistory and events
Psychohistory is the study of the psychological motivations of historical events.
Psychohistory and .
Psychohistory holds that human societies can change between infanticidal and non-infanticidal practices and has coined the term " early infanticidal childrearing " to describe abuse and neglect observed by many anthropologists.
Some historians, social scientists and anthropologists have, however, argued that their disciplines already describe psychological motivation and that Psychohistory is not, therefore, a separate subject.
A black-and-white version of the chart appears in Foundations of Psychohistory.
Psychohistory remains a controversial field of study, and deMause and other psychohistorians face criticism in the academic community.
Psychohistory uses a plurality of methodologies, and it is difficult to determine which is appropriate to use in each circumstance.
For examples of the more frivolous and distasteful sort of psychohistory, see The Journal of Psychohistory.
For more serious and scholarly attempts to understand the psychological dimension of the past, see The Psychohistory Review.
The principal center for psychohistorical study is The Institute for Psychohistory founded by Lloyd deMause which has 19 branches around the globe and has for over 30 years published the The Journal of Psychohistory.
It publishes Psychohistory News and has a psychohistorical mail order lending library.
A course in Psychohistory has been taught at a four universities at the undergraduate level.
The Psychohistory Forum, which publishes the quarterly journal Clio ’ s Psyche, was founded in 1983 by historian and psychoanalyst Paul H. Elovitz.
* Lloyd deMause, founder of The Institute for Psychohistory.
* The Institute for Psychohistory.
Clio's Psyche and The Psychohistory Forum: Psychological and Historican Insight without jargon.
This was the reason for his causing the creation of Psychohistory and Gaia.
It later gained fame for housing Hari Seldon and his " Seldon Psychohistory Project.
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Prieur has gout and depends on Louis' pills and bleedings.
They arise in situations in which one believes that what happens depends not only on the external world, but also on the precise pattern of behavior of the individual or group.
And yet we obviously also believe that the avoidance of the disaster depends in some obscure or at least uncertain way on the details of how we behave.
As to benefits to employees, it is notorious for its callous disregard except where it depends on them for services.
The third type, however, wrenches attention from the life of action and interests in the community and focuses it on the ground of being on which the community depends for its existence.
A great deal depends on the crystallization of Mr. Kennedy's views on the world struggle.
The amount which may be borrowed from the SBA depends on how much is required to carry out the intended purpose of the loan.
This includes assistance in -- assembling the basic economic, financial, technological, and educational information on which programing depends ; ;
Since the validity of all subsequent planning depends on the accuracy of the basic inventory information, great care is being taken that the inventory is as complete as possible.
The extent of such interference -- which may be so slight as to be undetectable at any point where either of the stations renders a usable signal, or may be so great as to virtually destroy the service areas of both stations -- depends on many factors, among the principal ones being the distance between the stations, their respective radiated power, and, of particular significance here, the time of day.
The number of locking bars required depends on how many false moves must be prevented.
How large a cooling unit you need, and the method of its installation, depends on a variety of factors.
This, of course, depends on the character of the site itself, the previous experience of the investigator, and the number of factors needed to arrive at a good decision.
The selection of materials depends on skills of available labor for installation, cost of materials available locally, and your own preference.
The number depends on who is talking at the moment.
This energy transfer depends on the current, the temperature in the arc column, the anode material, and the conditions in the anode sheath.
The internal energy of an ideal gas depends on temperature only and is independent of pressure or volume.
It is on them alone that the future of their race depends, for all their relatives ( mothers, husbands, brothers, and unmated sisters ) have perished with the arrival of the cold weather.
but basically that pace depends on changes in the supply of resources and in the human attitudes, political institutions, and social structure which each society must generate.
In the written language then can be underlined or italicized to guide the reader here, but much of the time the written language simply depends on the reader's alertness, and a careless reader will have to back up and reread.
The U.N.F.P. learned that its urban organization, which depends heavily on U.M.T. support, was most effective.
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