History of Psychology Timeline

By Linda.r123005

  • Phineas Gage accident takes place

    Important people- Phineas Gage

  • World's 1st psychological research laboratory is created in Leipzig Germany

    Important people- William Wundt

  • Ivan Pavlov's studies of the salivary response in dogs

    Important people- Ivan Pavlov's 1890s

  • The world's 1st psychology textbook is published; it is titled The Principles of Psychology

    Important people- William James, Henry Holt, and Company

  • Psychoanalysis is founded as a school of thought

    Important people- Sigman Frued

  • Gestalt Psychology is founded

    Important people- Max Wertheimer's

  • Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It is published

    Important people- John B. Watson

  • Jean Piaget describes four distinct stages on cognitive development

    Important people- Jean Piaget

  • B.F. skinner describes operant conditioning

    important- B. F. Skinner

  • Kenneth and Mamie Clark conduct doll experiments

    Important people- Kenneth and Mamie Clark

  • Carl Rodgers and Abraham Maslow establish Humanistic Psychology as the "Third Force" in psychology

    Important people- Carl Rodgers and Abraham Maslow

  • Erik Erikson describes 8 psychosocial stages of development

    Important people- Erik Erikson

  • George Miller's Psychological Review Article "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two," is published

    George Miller

  • Albert Bandura conducts "Bobo" doll experiments

    Important people- Albert Bandura

  • The world's 1st CT Computerized Tomography Scan takes place in the UK

    Important people- Sir Godfrey Hounsfield