Psychology

history of psychology

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  • Period: 300 BCE to

    history of psychology

  • 1834

    1834
    Ernst Heinrich Weber published his perception theory of 'Just Noticeable Difference' now known as Webers law.

  • 1848

    1848
    Phineas Gage suffered brain damage when an iron pole pierces his brain. His personality was changed but his intellect remained intact suggesting that an area of his brain plays a role in personality.

  • 1859

    1859
    Charles Darwin published the 'On the Origin of Species' detailing his view of evolution and expanding on the theory of 'survival of the fittest'.

  • 1861

    1861
    French physician Paul Broca discovered an area in the left frontal lobe that plays a key role in language development.

  • 1878

    1878
    G. Stanley Hall received the first American Ph.D in psychology, he later founded the American Psychology Association.

  • 1883

    the first laboratory of psychology in America is established at John Hopkins University.

  • 1885

    Herman Ebbinghaus introduced the nonsense syllable as a means to study memory processes.

  • 1886

    Sigmund Freud began preforming therapy in Vienna, marking the beginning of personality theory.

  • 1890

    William James published 'Principles of Psychology', that later became the foundation for functionalism.

  • 1890

    Sir Frances Galton developed the technique known as the correlation to better understand the interrelationships in his intelligence studies.

  • 1895

    Alfred Binet founded the first laboratory of psych diagnosis.

  • 1896

    Writings by John Dewey began the school of thought known as functionalism.

  • 1906

    The journal of Abnormal psychology was founded by Morton Prince.
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    1906

    Ivan Pavlor published the first studies on classical conditioning.

  • 1932

    Walter B. Cannon coined the term homeostasis and began research on the fight or flight phenomenon.

  • 1935

    Thermatic Apperception Test was published by Henry Murray.

  • 1939

    The Canadian psychology associated was founded.

  • 1942

    Jean Piaget published 'Psychology of Intelligence' discussing his theories of cognitive development.

  • 1901

    The British psychological society y was founded

  • 1905

    Alfred Binet's Intellegence Test was published in France.