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387 BCE
Mental Process
Plato says that the brain is the main mechanism of mental processes. -
Period: 387 BCE to
The history of Psychology
From 387 B.C. to 2002 -
Mental illness
AD Franz Mesmer described his cure for some mental illness, originally named mesmerism and now known as hypnosis. -
Franz Gall
Franz Gall wrote about phrenology saying the way a persons head is shaped is how their personality will be like. -
Paul Broca
Paul Broca made a discovery that an area in the left frontal lobe plays a key role in language development. -
Herman Ebbinghaus
Herman Ebbinghaus introduced the nonsense syllable which means to study memory processes. -
Sir Francis Galton
Sir Francis Galton made the technique known as the correlation to better understand of the interrelationships in his intelligence studies -
Alfred Binet
Alfred Binet made the first laboratory of psychodiagnosis. -
Psychology Clinic
The first psychological clinic was made at the University of Pennsylvania marking the birth of clinical psychology -
British Psychology
The British Psychological Society was developed -
Stanford Binet
Stanford Binet intelligence test was promulgated in the United States -
Canadian Psychology
The Canadian Psychological Associated was made. -
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget published ‘Psychology of Intelligence’ talking about his theories of cognitive development -
Chlorpromazine
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) was first used in the treatment of schizophrenia -
Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow helped make the Humanistic Psychology and later made his famous Hierarchy of Needs. -
Alfred Bandura
Alfred Bandura made the idea of Observational Learning on the development of personality triats -
Aaron Beck
Aaron Beck put out a psychological model of depression suggesting that thoughts play a significant role in the development and a maintenance of depression -
Doctorate in Psychology
The first Doctorate in Psychology was awarded from The University of Illinois. -
American Psychology
American Psychological Society was made -
First State
New Mexico became the first state to pass legislation to allow licensed psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medication. -
Mental Halth
The mental health parity gets the attention of the White House the leads to President George W. Bush to promote legislation that would guarantee comprehensive mental health coverage.