of Coexisting Contemporary
Scientific Psychologies
Thabo Sekhesa
, Introduction
• What do we intend on doing? Critically review of 3
scientific psychologies.
• Step 1: Define these 3 scientific psychologies
• step 2: Discuss the value of pursuing this review for us in
South Africa today
, Background
• In human history, there have been three different kinds
of psychology: folk psychology (including common-
sense psychology), philosophical psychology, and
scientific psychology.