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timeline
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He suggests the brain is the mechanism that performs mental processes.
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Ernst Heinrich Weber published his perception theory of ‘Just Noticeable DIfference,’ now known as Weber’s Law.
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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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G. Stanley Hall becomes the first American to earn a degree in Psychology.
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The first laboratory of Psychology is established in America at Johns Hopkins University.
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Hall forms the American Psychological Association, which originally has 42 members.
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French psychologist Alfred Binet founds the very first laboratory of psychodiagnosis.
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Sigmund Freud published ‘Interpretation of Dreams’ marking the beginning of Psychoanalytic Thought.
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The British Psychological Society is founded.
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The Journal of Abnormal Psychology was founded by Morton Prince
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Max Wertheimer published research on the perception of movement, marking the beginnings of Gestalt Psychology.
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Walter B. Cannon coined the term homeostasis and began research on the fight or flight phenomenon.
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The Canadian Psychological Associated was founded.
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The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was developed and fast became the most widely researched and widely accepted psychological assessment device.
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Erik Erikson published ‘Childhood and Society,’ where he expands Freud’s Theory to include social aspects of personality development across the lifespan.
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Abraham Maslow, the founder of Humanistic Psychology, develops his famous Hierarchy of needs.
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1969 Joseph Wolpe published ‘The Practice of Behavior Therapy.’
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American Psychological Society established.
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E-Therapy emerges as Psychology advances into the technological era.
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New Mexico becomes the first state to pass legislation allowing licensed psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medication.
