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Ernst Heinrich Weber published his perception theory of 'Just Noticeable Difference' now known as Webers law.
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Phineas Gage suffered brain damage when an iron pole pierces his brain. His personality was changed but his intellect remained intact suggesting that an area of his brain plays a role in personality.
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Charles Darwin published the 'On the Origin of Species' detailing his view of evolution and expanding on the theory of 'survival of the fittest'.
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French physician Paul Broca discovered an area in the left frontal lobe that plays a key role in language development.
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G. Stanley Hall received the first American Ph.D in psychology, he later founded the American Psychology Association.
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the first laboratory of psychology in America is established at John Hopkins University.
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Herman Ebbinghaus introduced the nonsense syllable as a means to study memory processes.
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Sigmund Freud began preforming therapy in Vienna, marking the beginning of personality theory.
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William James published 'Principles of Psychology', that later became the foundation for functionalism.
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Sir Frances Galton developed the technique known as the correlation to better understand the interrelationships in his intelligence studies.
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Alfred Binet founded the first laboratory of psych diagnosis.
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Writings by John Dewey began the school of thought known as functionalism.
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The journal of Abnormal psychology was founded by Morton Prince.
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Ivan Pavlor published the first studies on classical conditioning.
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Walter B. Cannon coined the term homeostasis and began research on the fight or flight phenomenon.
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Thermatic Apperception Test was published by Henry Murray.
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The Canadian psychology associated was founded.
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Jean Piaget published 'Psychology of Intelligence' discussing his theories of cognitive development.
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The British psychological society y was founded
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Alfred Binet's Intellegence Test was published in France.
