Academic Timeline

By Kaye Kerr

  • Rene Descartes birth

    Known as the father of modern philosophy for proclaiming "I think therefore I am"

  • Sigmund Freud birth

    Was the father of psychoanalysis.

  • William Wundt.

    Founds the first experimental psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany, this is the moment psychology becomes its own field of study.

  • Sigmund Freud

    Begins treating patients in Vienna, Austria.

  • Sigmund Freud

    publishes "The Interpretation of Dreams"

  • The British Psychological Society is formed.

  • Ivan Pavlov

    Pavlovs dog becomes the first example of classical conditioning.

  • Carl Jung

    Published "The Psychology of Dementia Praecox".

  • John Watson

    Became a founder of the school of behaviourism.

  • Jean Piaget

    Publishes "The Moral Judgement of The Child".

  • Electroconvulsive therapy is used for the first time.

    Still used today.

  • B.F. Skinner

    Developed the theory of Operant Conditioning.

  • Carl Rogers

    Publishes Counselling and Psychology.

  • Abraham Maslow

    Publishes his theory of the hierarchy of human needs.