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History of Psychology

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  • 387 BCE

    Discovery

    Discovery
    Plato comes up with a theory that the human mind is like a mechanism of a mental process.
  • Period: 300 BCE to

    History of Psychology

    Details of Psychology's up bringing

  • Opening

    Opening
    Wilhelm Wundt started the first laboratory of Psychology at the University of Leipzig, causing the start of formal beginning of the study of human emotions, behaviors, and cognitions.

  • America joins in

    America joins in
    The first Psychology lab was opened at John Hopkins

  • Mental Test

    Mental Test
    Mental Tests is coined by a man named James Cattell, This is known as the psychological assessment

  • The Book

    The Book
    The book Princliples of Psychology was made by a man the name of William James

  • Founded

    Founded
    Alfred Binet established the first laboratory of psychodiagnosis.

  • Clincal Psychology

    Clincal Psychology
    The first psychological clinic was created at the University of Pennsylvania therefore making clinical psychology.

  • Published

    Published
    Sigmund Freud published ‘Interpretation of Dreams’ causing the beginning of Psychoanalytic Thought.

  • Journal

    Journal
    The Journal of Abnormal Psychology was founded by Morton Prince

  • Classical

    Classical
    Ivan Pavlov published the first study on Classical Conditioning.

  • Intelligence

    Intelligence
    William Stern developed the original formula for the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) after reviewing the answers on Binet’s intelligence test.

  • The Test

    The Test
    Stanford-Binet intelligence test was published in the United States.

  • Fight or Flight

    Fight or Flight
    Walter B. Cannon stated the term homeostasis and began research on the fight or flight phenomenon.

  • Piagnet

    Piagnet
    Jean Piaget published ‘Psychology of Intelligence’ going over his theories of cognitive development.

  • Code of Ethics

    Code of Ethics
    Code of Ethics for Psychologists was developed by the American Psychological Association.

  • Published

    Published
    Joseph Wolpe published ‘The Practice of Behavior Therapy.’

  • APS

    APS
    American Psychological Society was established

  • Emergence

    Emergence
    Psychology progresses to the technology age with the emergence of e-therapy

  • Medication

    Medication
    New Mexico becomes the first state to pass legislation allowing licensed psychologists to give prescription psychotropic medication.