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Beyaz Psikoloji

A short history of understanding the mind

Seven stops in the human effort to understand ourselves, from Aristotle to Marlatt.

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On a colonnaded ancient terrace, an old bearded man examines a butterfly resting on an olive branch through a magnifying glass. On the left is a stone relief of a human head in profile, with a butterfly inside it standing for the mind. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges crosses the scene from left to right. In front lie a writing tablet and a scroll; behind, an ancient city by the sea.
On a colonnaded ancient terrace, an old bearded man examines a butterfly resting on an olive branch through a magnifying glass. On the left is a stone relief of a human head in profile, with a butterfly inside it standing for the mind. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges crosses the scene from left to right. In front lie a writing tablet and a scroll; behind, an ancient city by the sea.

384–322 BCE

Aristotle

All people by nature desire to know.

[ONAY BEKLİYOR: Beyaz Yıldırım, İngilizce metin]

Understanding begins with careful observation.

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In a study, a man with long hair, a moustache and 17th-century clothes gazes thoughtfully at a small sphere in his hand. A framed picture on the wall shows a human head in profile, half made of clouds and half of gears. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges runs across the room. On the desk are books, a quill, a candle and a celestial globe; a coastal town is visible through the window.
In a study, a man with long hair, a moustache and 17th-century clothes gazes thoughtfully at a small sphere in his hand. A framed picture on the wall shows a human head in profile, half made of clouds and half of gears. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges runs across the room. On the desk are books, a quill, a candle and a celestial globe; a coastal town is visible through the window.

1596–1650

René Descartes

I think, therefore I am.

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Thoughts can be questioned; not every thought is a fact.

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In a laboratory, a man with a white beard holds the top of a metronome on the table. A large chart on the wall shows a human head in profile, with a clock face and pendulum over the brain, wired to a measuring device beside it. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges crosses the room. Brass measuring instruments stand on the table; behind are shelves of bottles and a city seen through a large window.
In a laboratory, a man with a white beard holds the top of a metronome on the table. A large chart on the wall shows a human head in profile, with a clock face and pendulum over the brain, wired to a measuring device beside it. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges crosses the room. Brass measuring instruments stand on the table; behind are shelves of bottles and a city seen through a large window.

1832–1920

Wilhelm Wundt

The mind, too, can be studied by experiment.

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Psychology is a field that works with scientific method.

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In a carpeted study, an old man with a grey beard sits in an armchair, one hand resting on his temple, the other holding a key out towards the door of a small cabinet. On the wall is a human head in profile, with stairs and rooms descending below the surface inside it. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges crosses the room. In front are a couch and an open book with drawings of stairs; small statuettes stand on the shelves.
In a carpeted study, an old man with a grey beard sits in an armchair, one hand resting on his temple, the other holding a key out towards the door of a small cabinet. On the wall is a human head in profile, with stairs and rooms descending below the surface inside it. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges crosses the room. In front are a couch and an open book with drawings of stairs; small statuettes stand on the shelves.

1856–1939

Sigmund Freud

Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious workings of the mind.

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Behind a behaviour there may be a meaning not yet noticed.

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In a laboratory, a man in glasses and a white coat works at a recording device beside a glass experiment box, inside which a white rat reaches for a small lever. A chart on the wall shows a dark silhouette of a human head with a lever inside it and, beside it, a line rising step by step. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges runs along the wall. Rat cages sit on the shelves; trees and a tower are visible through the window.
In a laboratory, a man in glasses and a white coat works at a recording device beside a glass experiment box, inside which a white rat reaches for a small lever. A chart on the wall shows a dark silhouette of a human head with a lever inside it and, beside it, a line rising step by step. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges runs along the wall. Rat cages sit on the shelves; trees and a tower are visible through the window.

1904–1990

B. F. Skinner

People act upon the world and change it, and are changed in turn by the consequences of their action.

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Habits are learned, and what is learned can change.

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In a warm consulting room lined with books, a man in a cardigan stands holding up a pair of glasses and looking at them. A painting on the wall shows a human head in profile, with four circles linked by arrows and a bright landscape seen through the lens of a pair of glasses inside it. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges crosses the room. In front are two armchairs; on the table lie a notebook with linked circles drawn on it and a cup.
In a warm consulting room lined with books, a man in a cardigan stands holding up a pair of glasses and looking at them. A painting on the wall shows a human head in profile, with four circles linked by arrows and a bright landscape seen through the lens of a pair of glasses inside it. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges crosses the room. In front are two armchairs; on the table lie a notebook with linked circles drawn on it and a cup.

1921–2021

Aaron T. Beck

It is not only events that affect us, but the meaning we give them.

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Beyaz Yıldırım follows the cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approach.

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At the start of a coastal path, a young man in a brown jacket holds a compass and looks towards the horizon. On the left, a painting on an easel shows a human head in profile with a large wave curling inside it. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges stretches across the landscape. A walker heads away along the path; behind are a lighthouse and a low sun, and on the right stands a surfboard.
At the start of a coastal path, a young man in a brown jacket holds a compass and looks towards the horizon. On the left, a painting on an easel shows a human head in profile with a large wave curling inside it. A turquoise ribbon with gold edges stretches across the landscape. A walker heads away along the path; behind are a lighthouse and a low sun, and on the right stands a surfboard.

1941–2011

G. Alan Marlatt

A lapse is not the end of the road, but part of learning the way.

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Addiction is one of Beyaz Yıldırım’s areas of interest and work.

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  1. 4th c. BCE
  2. 1641
  3. 1879
  4. 1900
  5. 1938
  6. 1960s [ONAY BEKLİYOR: kaynak]
  7. 1985

Beyaz Psikoloji

Beyaz Psikoloji

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White is not the absence of colour. It is light in which every colour exists together. A person's story, too, cannot be reduced to a single colour.

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Beyaz Yıldırım

Psychologist

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