Thinking on Indigenous Psychology of China Based on Western Psychology Culture

Currently, psychology of China is developing and being improved constantly.However, compared with western psychology, it still has many disadvantages and relies on western psychology to some extent but does not establish independent theoretical system.This thesis mainly starts with western psychology culture and its development process and compares it with development history of our psychology in order to help theories and practice of our psychology develop better. 0.IntroductionPsychology developed from the West in the beginning, so western psychology has important reference importance for other countries.Since 1950s, development of psychology has also covered many tortuous paths.During a long period, psychology depends on data analysis excessively, which reduces its scientificity instead.In the development history of psychology, some mature experience of western countries has extremely important reference significance for Chinese psychology.However, when we consult mature experience of western countries, we should have the ability to form our independent psychology system. 1.Development history of western psychologyBefore modern psychology, philosophy had been included in scope of philosophy research.In the early days, study of philosophy on philosophy was not build based on practical analysis but just carried out related researches on people's mentality by theoretical study.In modern times, some distinguished psychologists represented by Hobbes and Locke appeared.Their analyses of human mentality are implemented are multi-angle and multi-layered.However, since they did not combine with demonstration to analyze human psychology, people just call them philosophers.It is after the 1850s that Wundt a German psychologist did psychic-reflex experiments on a batch of students, which started the first case that experimental science was used to study psychology.Since then, psychology had not been a part of philosophy but an independent subject.Because research methods were more rigorous, development road of psychology became more scientific and more logical.Psychology during this period was affected by natural science and relied on life experience in the aspect of theoretical formation.As it depended on experience too much, theories that were not established based on observation or not verified by practical life were denied.During this period, development of psychology was limited to some extent since concluding methods of psychology were not mature enough.In this period, many psychologists attached excessive importance to demonstration and even completely ignored importance of theory.Some psychologists even thought that theories were redundant in psychological study.Since psychologists worshipped experience excessively but ignored theoretical study, study of psychology on development and changes in people's mentality was not profound enough during this period although it made a contribution.In the 20th century, microphysics developed to a peak, which drove psychology to develop from empirical experience to thought experiments.During this period, psychologists proposed this opinion: system of psychology should include two parts, i.e., theory and demonstration and the two parts supplement and promote each other.Appearance of the opinion made theory and demonstration realize logical unification, which not only laid a solid foundation for theoretical