Psychology Timeline
Category: History
Updated: 11 months ago
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Created byAtreyu Heller
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Phineas GagePaul Broca discovered an area in the left frontal lobe that is key to language developmentWilhelm Wundt founded
the first formal laboratory
of psychologyThe first laboratory of
psychology in the U.S.
is set-up at John Hopkins UniversityWilliam James publishes,
Principles of Psychology,
the first psychology textbookMargaret Floy Washburn
becomes the first woman to
earn a Ph.D in psychologyEdward Thorndike published
his first article on animal
intelligence, eventually leading
to the theory of Operant ConditioningSigmund Freud publishes,
The Interpretation of DreamsWilliam Stern developed
a formula for the Intelligence
Quotient (IQ)John B. Watson published,
Psychology as the Behaviorist Views ItJean Piaget published
The Language and Thought
of the ChildB.F. Skinner published
The Behavior of OrganismsErik Erikson published,
Childhood and SocietyThe Code of Ethics for
Psychologists is created by
the American Psychological AssociationAbraham Maslow founded
the Humanistic Perspective
of PsychologyCarl Rogers published
On Becoming a PersonHoward Gardner introduced
his theory on Multiple IntelligencePeriods
Karen Horney proposed
the social-cultural perspective
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