The History of Psychology By suttontrent16 Jan 1, 1879 First Psychology Laboratory Wundt opens first psychology lab. Psychology is now an academic discipline Dec 1, 1886 First doctrate in psychology Dec 1, 1888 First professor of psychology Dec 1, 1892 APA founded Dec 1, 1896 Functionalism Dec 1, 1896 First Psychology clinic Dec 1, 1900 Interpretation of Dreams Dec 1, 1901 Manual of Experimental Psychology Dec 1, 1904 First woman president of the APA Dec 1, 1905 IQ tests developed Dec 1, 1908 A mind that founded itself Dec 1, 1909 Psychoanalysts visit Clark University Dec 1, 1913 Behaviorism Dec 1, 1917 Army intelligence tests implemented Dec 1, 1920 First African American doctrate in psychology Dec 1, 1925 Menniger Clinic founded Dec 1, 1933 Nazi persecution of psychologists