Events
SocratesPlatoDescartes - "I think, therefore I am" (Mind-Body Dualism)Mesmer - Used hypnosis for therapeutic purposes, - "Mesmerized"Declaration of IndependenceDarwin - Writes "The Origin of Species" (Natural Selection) (Evolutionary Psychology)Father of Psychology - Wilhelm Wundt - made 1st textbookFather of American Psychology - William James - Functionalism (why do we behave the way we do?)Edward Titchener - Brought ideas to the US - Structuralism (Used introspection, indentified basic structures of life.)Rise of psychoanalysis - Freud (non-scientific) (controversial), led to psycho-dynamic perspectiveFreud's DeathRise of Behaviourism - Skinner + Pavlov (+his dogs), conditioning - stimulus response - rewards - punishment - most successful when treating observable problemsDSM - Diagnosis and Statistical Manual for mental disordersRise of humanistic psychology (self-actualization) - Rogers + Maslow, free willCognitive Psychology - "study of mental processes such as [attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking]."Positive Psychology - study of optimal human functionalityLIST OF UNKNOWN DATES:
-neuroscience
-biological approach
-piopsychosocial researchPeriods
AristotleCivil WarWWIWWII
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