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360
Plato
Plato writes the Theaetetus examining theories of perception, knowledge, and truth. -
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Hippocrates
Hippocrates proposses that mental illnesses are caused by an imbalance of four major fluids in the human body. This is the begning of psychology study. -
Descartes publishes T
Descartes publishes, The Passion of the Soul, outlining the pineal gland as the seat of the soul. -
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin publishes the theory of natural selection, which influences the field of evolutionary psychology. -
Gustav Fechner
Gustav Fechner performed the first scientific experiment that would form the basis for experimentation in psychology. -
Wilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm Wundt establishes teh first laboratory of psychology in Leipzig, Germany. -
Edward Titchener
Edward Titchener brought the idea's of structuralism to the United States after studying under Wilhelm Wundt. -
Margaret Washburn
Margaret Floy Washburn is the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology at Cornell University. -
Freud
Freud publishes, The Interpretation of Dream. -
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov publishes his findings on classical conditioning. -
Max Wertheimer
Max Wertheimer first developes Gestalt psychology.
