Psychology

History of Psychology

By niccaldera
  • 347

    "Know Thyself"

    "Know Thyself"
    In 347 B.C. Plato records Socrates' advice "Know Thyself", this phrase remains a motto of psychological study.
  • 467

    Laws of Associationism

    Laws of Associationism
    Aristotle creates the Laws of Associationism, which tells us how certain images, ideas, or experiences can remind us of an experience we had in the past.
  • Jan 3, 1400

    The Water Float Test

    The Water Float Test
    During the middle ages, people who were accused of being possesed by the devil would be tied up or tied to a heavy object and thrown in a body of water. If the person drowned then they would be considered normal but f the person survives then thy would be burned at the stake.

  • Modern Science

    Modern Science
    In the 1500s-1800s more and more scientific discoveries were appearing from people such as Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, John Locke, and Antoine Lavoisier.

  • Structuralism

    Structuralism
    Wilhelm Wundt and his student founded structuralism. Which broke down the content of consciousness into objective sensations and subjective feelings.Objective sensatons included the senses and the outside world. Subjective feelings include your emotions and your mind.

  • Functionalism

    Functionalism
    William James founded the school of functionalism which is concerned with how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment.

  • Behaviorism

    Behaviorism
    John B. Watson founded the school of behaviorism, while he agreed with functionalism he thought it was more probable to study somethng that was limited to observable, measurable event, such as behavior.

  • The Gestalt School

    The Gestalt School
    A group of German psychologists came together to form the school of Gestalt psychology which is based on the idea that perceptions are more than the sums of their parts.

  • Reinforcement

    Reinforcement
    B.F. Skinner added to the theory of behaviorism by ncuding reinforcement. He believed that when an animal is rewarded for performing an action that it is more likely to perform that action again in the future.

  • The School of Psychoanalysis

    The School of Psychoanalysis
    Sigmun Freud founded the school of psychoanalysis which emphasizes the importnce of unconscious motives and internal conflicts in determining human behavior.