Science Quotes
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"The emotions we experience are solutions to ancient problems we no longer face."David Buss
"Factor analysis reveals the hidden architecture of human capability."Charles Spearman
"All progress in science begins with the honest acknowledgment of what we do not yet know."Charles Spearman
"To measure is to begin to master; to understand measurement is to understand reality."Charles Spearman
"Psychology must recognize that human behavior emerges from the complex interplay between internal drives and external circumstances."William Stern
"The scientific study of the psyche must never lose sight of human meaning and subjective experience."William Stern
"Psychological science must balance the search for universal principles with respect for irreducible individual uniqueness."William Stern
"The scientific study of persons must always maintain a posture of wonder before the irreducible complexity of individual existence."William Stern
"Psychological science can illuminate the conditions of human flourishing without dictating how life should be lived."William Stern
"The scientific investigator of human nature must bring both objectivity and empathetic understanding to their work."William Stern
"We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body."Bessel van der Kolk
"The body keeps the score—all the information is stored in the nervous system."Bessel van der Kolk
"The window of tolerance can be expanded through proper treatment."Bessel van der Kolk
"Trauma lives in the body."Bessel van der Kolk
"We can rewire our brains through conscious effort."Bessel van der Kolk
"The body remembers what the mind forgets."Bessel van der Kolk
"The past lives in the body until it is processed."Bessel van der Kolk
"The right hemisphere processes context and meaning."Bessel van der Kolk
"The nervous system can be retrained."Bessel van der Kolk
"Trauma response is a normal reaction to abnormal events."Bessel van der Kolk
"Understanding emerges from the collision of curiosity and evidence."Edward Thorndike
"The measurement of human abilities requires both science and humility."Lewis Terman
"Intelligence research must always be tempered by ethical consideration."Lewis Terman
"Measurement without meaning is merely numbers on paper."Lewis Terman
"Understanding human differences requires both quantitative and qualitative methods."Lewis Terman
"The study of gifted children reveals something about all human development."Lewis Terman
"The most important discoveries come from studying exceptional cases."Lewis Terman
"The study of human intelligence is ultimately the study of human potential."Lewis Terman
"The study of exceptional children reveals something about the nature of human growth itself."Lewis Terman
"The curve of forgetting is steep at first, then gradually flattens, teaching us that review must come quickly."Hermann Ebbinghaus