The Early History of Psychology
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Updated: 30 Jan 2020
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Created byRyley Rolls
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Wilhelm Wundt establishes the first formal laboratory for psychology researchWundt establishes first journal for publishing psychology researchThe battle between Structuralism versus Functionalism beginsFreud begins his studies of the unconscious (slips of the tongue)Freud's Psychoanalytic theory became known around the worldJohn B. Watson founds behaviorism. This
dramatically changed the course of psychologyPublic recognition from psychology to Freud
when he was asked to give lectures at
Clark University in MassachusettsWatson proposed that psychologists need to abandon the study of
consciousness to focus on behaviorB. F. Skinner bring up the Idea that our free will is an illusion,
meaning that we are all controlled by our environment.Behaviorism and psychoanalytic
theory become most influential
schools of thoughtBehaviorism and psychoanalytic theory
blend together to eventually form "humanism"Periods
Scholars in both physiology and psychology begin exploring the mind23 New psychological labs spring up in North America to study psychologyAdvocates of behaviorism and psychoanalysis battled frequentlyBehaviorism flourishes as the dominant school of thought in psychology
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