history of psychology

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  • Dualism

    The concept that the mind and body are seperate became popular in the 1600s.

  • Rene Descartes

    Disagreed with dualism, and thought that the mind controlled the body's movements, sensations, and perceptions.

  • Phrenology

    Became an important practice

  • First Class in Psychology

    WIlliam "the father of psychology" James taught first class at Harvard University.

  • First Lab

    Wilhelm Vundt started his Laboratory of Psychology

  • Book about Heredity

    In 1883, Galton published a book about heredity and developement

  • The Principles of Psychology

    It took William James 12 years to write the first textbook about psychology.

  • Sigmond Freud

    Sigmond Freud began his research on he unconscious mind in Vienna

  • Dream Analysis

    Freud learned about urges in a dream analysis

  • Walden Two

    Skiner wrote a novel called Walden Two which described his Utopia

  • Cognitivists

    Cognitivists developed

  • Cognitivists

    focused on how we process, store, and use information

  • Humanists

    Described human nature as evolving and self-directed

  • Research

    Researchers divided hospitlized psychiatric patients into two groups

  • Hilgard

    Published the idea that modern science began to emerge by combining philosophers reflections

  • Leonard Doob

    illustratedthe cultural implications of a simple reflexive behavior