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T H E H I S T O R Y O F

P S Y C H O L O G Y

1879

Wilhelm

Wundt

Wilhelm Wundt set up

the first laboratory in

psychology at the

University of Leipzig in

Germany in 1879. Wundt

utilized the laboratory

techniques to study of

the mind/ consciousness.

1890

WILLIAM

JAMES

Aside for teaching

a course of psych

in Harvard, William

James was the

author of Principles

of Psychology in

1890.

sigmund freud Sigmund Freud developed what he labeled "Psychoanalysis" in 1896, after experimenting with hypnosis as a form of therapy and discovering that he could derive significant information from what he called "free association," or the free and uninterrupted stream of consciousness. This fostered a deep investigation into what Freud referred to as the "unconscious," as well as an examination of how childhood interactions influenced adult behavior

1901

1896

EDWARD
TITCHENER

Year 1901, Edward Titchener applied the ideas of Wundt's in order to initiate the Structuralism in United States of America. The main focus of this was on the contents of mental processes rather than their function (Pickren & Rutherford, 2010).

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1954

1938

CARL

ROGERS

B. Skinner was the author of the
book "Behavior of the Organisms".
His book was all about Operant
Conditioning. He really believed
that by looking at the causes of
actions and its consequences is
the best approach in order to
understand the behavior.

Carl Rogers was a contributor of humanistic theory. He assumed that humans naturally value attention, affection, and positive regard. His approach enables humans to see the importance of genuineness and empathy in upbringing individual growth.

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T H E H I S T O R Y O F
P S Y C H O L O G Y
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