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The development of psychology

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  • Wilhem Wundt found the first experimental psych lab in Leipzig.

    Wilhem Wundt found the first experimental psych lab in Leipzig.

    This marks the moment psychology becomes its own field of study.
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    The Development of Psychology

  • Sigmund Freud begins treating patients in Vienna, Austria

    Sigmund Freud begins treating patients in Vienna, Austria

    Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis.
  • Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams

    Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams

  • The British Psychological Society is formed

    The British Psychological Society is formed

  • Ivan Pavloc trains a dog to salivate on hearing the sound of a bell.

    Ivan Pavloc trains a dog to salivate on hearing the sound of a bell.

    Pavlov's dogs becomes the first example of classical conditioning.
  • Carl Jung publishes The Psychology of Dementia Preaecox.

    Carl Jung publishes The Psychology of Dementia Preaecox.

    Jung begins to break away from Freud's ideas to develop his own theories of analytical psychology.
  • Max Wertheimer publishes his research on the phi phenomenon.

    Max Wertheimer publishes his research on the phi phenomenon.

    Contributed to the development of the Gestalt school of psychology.
  • John Watson becomes a founder of the school of behaviourism.

    John Watson becomes a founder of the school of behaviourism.

    In which believe thoughts feelings and actions are developed through conditioning
  • Jean Piaget publishes The Moral Judgement of the Child

    Jean Piaget publishes The Moral Judgement of the Child

  • Electroconvulsive therapy is used for the first time on a person.

    Electroconvulsive therapy is used for the first time on a person.

    Becoming a popular method of treatment in the 1940s and 1950s (still remains in use today)
  • Carl Rogers publishes Counseling and Psychotherapy

    Carl Rogers publishes Counseling and Psychotherapy

  • Abraham Maslow publishes his theory of the hierarchy of needs.

    Abraham Maslow publishes his theory of the hierarchy of needs.

    Maslow is one of the founders of humanistic psychology
  • Albert Ellis publishes Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy.

    Albert Ellis publishes Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy.

  • Aaron Beck publishes a model of depression that suggests thoughts play a significant role.

    Aaron Beck publishes a model of depression that suggests thoughts play a significant role.

    He is seen as the founder of cognitice behavioural therapy.
  • Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct is published

    Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct is published

  • Simon Baron-Cohen's 'The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain' proposes that autism may be an "extreme form of maleness"

    Simon Baron-Cohen's 'The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain' proposes that autism may be an "extreme form of maleness"

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