History of Psychology

By Bri7234
  • 6500 BCE

    Trephination

    Trephination
    This technique included the drilling of holes into the mental ill's heads to rid them of demons.

  • Tuskegee Syphilis Study

    Tuskegee Syphilis Study
    Black sharecroppers were studied to see how diseases could affect different races. This case was extremely unethical as the participants were uneducated about the study and the disease they were given as they continued to spread it and live with it.

  • Nazi Concentration experiments

    Nazi Concentration experiments
    Nazis did horrific experiments on people deemed unfit, such as jews and homosexuals, that involved starvation and surgeries.

  • Tearoom Trade Study

    Tearoom Trade Study
    Humphrey went undercover as a homosexual in men's bathhouses to understand and write a work on homosexuality. However, it was criticized due to not having consent.

  • Zimbardo Prison Experiment

    Zimbardo Prison Experiment
    An experiment where college students became a prisoner or guard in the simulation.

  • HIPPA

    HIPPA
    The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act made conditions that protected certain health information that could be used for research purposes,.