History of Psychology

By Lindsayheier
  • First psychology laboratory

    First psychology laboratory

    At the University of Leipzig, Germany, Wilhelm Wundt founded the first experimental laboratory.
  • First American psychology laboratory

    First American psychology laboratory

    At John Hopskins University, G. Stanley Hall establishes first U.S. experimental psychology lab.
  • APA Founded

    APA Founded

    APA founded by G. Stanley Hall
  • Interpretation of Dreams

    Interpretation of Dreams

    Sit under Freud introduces his theory of psychoanalysis.
  • First woman president of APA

    First woman president of APA

    The first women president of APA was Mary Calkins.

  • IQ test developed

    The IQ test was developed by Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon. The IQ test is a scale of intelligence on a basis of mental age.
  • Behaviorism

    Behaviorism

    Launching behaviorism, John B. Watson published "Psychology as Behavior"
  • First African American doctorate in Psychology

    First African American doctorate in Psychology

  • Nazi persecution of psychologists

    Nazis gain control of the German government researchers and scholars in psychology and psychiatry were persecuted.
  • Gestalt psychology

    Gestalt psychology

  • The Psychoanalytic Treatment of Children

    The Psychoanalytic Treatment of Children

    In the theory and practice of child psychoanalysis, Anna Freud publishes basic concepts.

  • Biopsychology; Psychopharmacology; Humanistic Psychology

  • Cognitive psychology

  • PET scanner test

  • Cultural psychology