Psychology Timeline
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Updated: 21 Feb 2020
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Plato suggests the center of mental process:
the brain.
Aristotle suggests the heart 52 years later.Franz Gall writes about phrenology.Wilhelm Wundt founds the first
experimental psychology lab in
Leipzig, Germany. Psychology
becomes it's own field of study.L'Année Psychologique in Paris, France
is founded by Alfred BinetEdward Thorndike develops
"The Law of Effect."Sigmund Freud publishes the ‘Interpretation of Dreams’
marking the beginning of Psychoanalytic Thought.Pavlov, using a bell, trains a dog to
salivate at the bell's sound.Max Wertheimer publishes his
research on the "phi phenomenon."Albert Ellis publishes "Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy."Aaron Beck publishes his model
suggesting that thoughts play a
significant role in depression.
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