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Period: 300 to
Psychology's Roots
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335
B.C. Aristotle theorizes mental processes take place in the heart
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430
B.C. Socrates concludes that that knowledge is innate
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Francis Bacon publishes The Proficiency and Advancement of Learning
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Rene Descartes publishes A Discourse on Method
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John Locke publishes An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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Dorthea Dix travels to mental hospitals in hopes of improving them
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Charles Darwin publishes\ On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
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G. Stanley Hall recieves the first U.S. PhD in phsychology
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Wilhelm Wundt establishes the first psychology laboratory
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William James publishes The Principles of Psychology
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E.B. Titchener introduces Structuralism
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Mary Whiton Calkins becomes first woman president of the APA
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Rosalie Rayner triggers emotional responses in a young boy
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Margaret Floy Washburn becomes the second woman president of the APA
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B.C. Plato suggests that mental processes take place in the brain
