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387 BCE
Plato
Plato suggests that the brain is the most important part of the mental process. -
Period: 387 BCE to
Psychology is Timeless
Psychology has always and will always be critical to human understanding. In order to comprehend one's own brain they must understand the brains of others. -
335 BCE
Aristotle
Aristotle goes against Plato saying that the heart is the most important thing in the mental process. -
Dualism
René Descartes came up with the theory that the human mind and body are two separate things that interact with one another. -
Franz Mesmer
Mesmer discovered how to cure some types of mental illness using a technique now know as hypnosis. -
Franz Joseph Gall
Franz Joseph Gall describes phrenology, the belief that the shape of a persons skull can predict mental and character traits. -
Weber's Law
Ernst Heinrich Weber publishes his perception theory "Just Noticeable Difference" now known as Webber's Law -
Brain Damage
Phineas Gage got pierced in the brain by an iron pole causing brain damage. His intelligence stayed the same but his personality was altered making people believe that area of the brain plays a role in personality. -
survival of the fittests
Charles Darwin published the Origin of Species which explained his views of evolution. This expanded the idea of "survival of the fittest." -
Carl Wernicke
Wernicke published his discovery of the damage to the frontal lobe and that damage to certain areas could cause loss of ability to comprehend langue. -
Wilhem Wundt
Wundt founded the first formal laboratory of pschology at the university of Leipzig. This started the first formal study of human behavor, emotion, and cognitions. -
Johns Hopkins
The first laboratory of psychology in America is created in Johns Hopkins University. -
mental tests
Mental tests where created by James Cattell which begun a new type of psychology now known as mental assessments. -
Functionalism
William James published The Principles of Psychology wich became the bases for functionalism. -
State Care Act
New York passed the State Care Act which forced mentally ill people out of the poor house and into state hospitals for treatment. This became the first institution in the U.S. for psychiatric research. -
Dreams
Sigmund Freud publishe The Interpretation of Dreams wich started the beging of Psychoanalytic Thought -
Anna Freud
published a book epanding on Sigmund Freuds ideas of treatment of children. -
Anna Freud (Egos Defence)
Published The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense and explains the egos defence mechanisms. -
Janet Taylor
Janet Taylor's Anxiety scale was published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. -
David McClelland
David McClelland published The Achieving Society -
advances in pshycology
New Mexico becomes the first state to pass a law allowing licensed psychologists to prescribe medication for mental illness.
