psych_moreno

By hreight1
  • 300 BCE

    Stoicism

    Stoicism
    A school of Hellenistic Philosophy was founded.

  • G. Stanley Hall

    G. Stanley Hall
    The first American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology. Hall eventually founds the American Psychological Association.

  • William Wundt

    William Wundt
    Wilhelm Wundt founded the first experimental psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany.

  • Psychology Journal

    Psychology Journal
    Wundt forms the professional journal of physiological psychology studies.

  • John Hopkins University Lab

    John Hopkins University Lab
    G. Stanley Hall opens the first experimental psychology lab in the United States at John Hopkins University.

  • Sigmund Freud

    Sigmund Freud
    Sigmund Freud begins providing therapy to patients in Vienna, Austria.

  • James Mckeen Cattell

    James Mckeen Cattell
    James McKeen Cattell becomes the first professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • The Practice of Psychological Assessment

    The Practice of Psychological Assessment
    James McKeen Cattell publishes Mental Tests and Measurements, marking the beginning of the practice of psychological assessment.

  • William James

    William James
    William James publishes Principles of Psychology.

  • Sir Francis Galton

    Sir Francis Galton
    Sir Francis Galton creates correlation technique to better understand relationships between variable in intelligence studies.

  • American Psychological Association

    American Psychological Association
    G. Stanley Hall founded the American Psychological Association (APA), which initially has just 42 members.

  • Edward B. Titchener

    Edward B. Titchener
    Wundt’s student Edward B. Titchener moves to America.

  • Margaret Floy Washburn

    Margaret Floy Washburn
    Margaret Floy Washburn completes her training under Tichener.

  • Alfred Binet

    Alfred Binet
    Alfred Binet forms the first psychology lab devoted to psychodiagnosis.

  • Edward Thorndike

    Edward Thorndike
    Edward Thorndike develops the Law of Effect.

  • Interpretation of Dreams

    Interpretation of Dreams
    Sigmund Freud published Interpretation of Dreams.

  • British Psychological Society

    British Psychological Society
    The British Psychological Society is formed.

  • Mary Whiton Calkins

    Mary Whiton Calkins
    Mary Whiton Calkins is elected the first woman president of the American Psychological Association.

  • Intellectual Level of Subnormals

    Intellectual Level of Subnormals
    Alfred Binet publishes the intelligence test New Methods for the Diagnosis of the Intellectual Level of Subnormals.

  • Ivan Pavlov

    Ivan Pavlov
    Ivan Pavlov publishes his findings on classical conditioning.