Timeline of Psychology

Ivan Pavlov is born.

Sep 14, 1849

Carl Jung is born.

Jul 26, 1875

Karen Horney is born.

Sep 16, 1885

Wolfgang Kohler is born.

Jan 21, 1887

Louis Leon is born.

May 29, 1887

29 May 1887

Erik Erikson is born.

Jun 15, 1902

Ivan Pavlov Nobel Prize

Period: Jan 1, 1904 to Dec 31, 1904

Ivan Pavlov was award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with digestive secretions and "Pavlovian Conditioning"

Carl Jung collaboration with Freud.

Period: Mar 1, 1904 to Mar 1, 1910

Freud sent a collection of his latest published essays to Jung in Zurich, which marked the beginning of an intense correspondence and collaboration that lasted six years.

B.F. Skinner is born.

Mar 20, 1904

Solomon Asch is born.

Sep 14, 1907

Karen Horney writes "Feminine Psychology"

Period: Jan 1, 1922 to Dec 31, 1937

14 papers compiled to form a volume titled "Feminine Psychology",

Florence Denmark is born.

Jan 28, 1931

Louis Leon President of the American Psychometric Society

Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Dec 31, 1936

Louis Leon was named the first President of the American Psychometric Society.

Ivan Pavlov dies.

Feb 27, 1936

Solomon Asch Conformity Experiments

Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1959

Experiments performed in the 1950's displaying that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect.

Phil McGraw is born.

Dec 1, 1950

Karen Horney dies.

Dec 4, 1952

Louis Leon dies.

Sep 30, 1955

Wolfgang Kohler DSCA

Sep 2, 1956

Wolfgang Kohler receives the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award of the American Psychological Association in 1956.

Erik Erikson returns to Harvard

Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1969

Erikson returned to Harvard as a professor of human development and remained at the university until his retirement in 1970

Carl Jung dies.

Jun 6, 1961

Phil McGraw's first marriage.

Period: Jan 1, 1970 to Dec 31, 1973

Phil McGraw married Debbie Higgins McCall in 1970 and divorced her in 1973.

International Journal of Group Tensions

Period: Jan 1, 1971 to Dec 31, 1984

Florence served as an associated editor for the International Journal of Group Tensions.

B.F. Skinner dies.

Aug 18, 1980

August 18, 1990

Committee for Lesbian and Gay Concerns

Period: Jan 1, 1985 to Dec 31, 1988

Florence Denmark served on the committee for Lesbian and Gay Concerns.

Wolfgang Kohler dies.

Jun 11, 1987

B.F. Skinner Diagnosed with Leukemia.

Period: Jan 1, 1989 to Dec 31, 1989

Erik Erikson dies.

May 12, 1994

Solomon Asch dies.

Feb 20, 1996

Phil Mcgraw on Oprah.

Period: Apr 1, 1998 to Feb 20, 2002

Dr. Phil appeared weekly as a "Relationship and Life Strategy Expert" on Tuesdays starting in April 1998.