History of Psychology

By tcarlsonn

  • Marmaduke B. Sampson

    Wrote the account "The Science of Skull Bumps"

  • Phrenology

    The practice of examining bumps on a person's intellect and character traits became an important practice in the U.S. in the mid 1800s

  • William James

    Taught the first psychology class at Harvard University 1875

  • Inquires into Human Faulty

    Sir Francis Galton published his book in 1883

  • The Principles of Psychology

    The book Principles of Psychology was written by William James in 1890

  • Wihelm Wundt

    In 1897 Leipzig, Germany Wihelm Wundt started the laboratory of psychology studying human behavior in systematic and scientific manner. He was a structuralist. He developed a type of self-observation called introspection to collect information about the mind.

  • Sigmund Frued

    Sigmund Frued practiced in Vienna until 1938