Alzheimers Through History

First to learn Psychology

1878

G. Stanley Hall becomes the first American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology. He would eventually found the American Psychological Association.

Psychology Labs are established

1879

Wilhelm Wundt established the first experimental psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany dedicated to the study of structuralism. The event is considered the starting point of psychology as a separate science.

Psychology in Universities

1883

G. Stanley Hall opens the first experimental psychology lab in the U.S. at John Hopkins University.

Publication of Psychology

1885

Herman Ebbinghaus publishes his seminal "Über das Gedächtnis" ("On Memory") in which he describes learning and memory experiments he conducted on himself.

Psychological Therapy Begins

1886

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

Teachings of Psychology

1886

James McKeen Cattell becomes the first professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He would later publish "Mental Tests and Measurements" marking the advent of psychological assessment.

Principles of Psychology

1890

William James publishes "Principles of Psychology." Sir Francis Galton establishes correlation techniques to better understand the relationships between variables in intelligence studies.

American Psychological Association is formed

1892

G. Stanley Hall forms the American Psychological Association (APA), enlisting 42 members

Diagnosing

1895

Alfred Binet forms the first psychology lab devoted to psychodiagnosis.

Law of Effect is created

1898

Edward Thorndike develops the Law of Effect.
What is the Law of Effect?
(https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-law-of-effect-2795331)