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    Timeline - Psychology

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    The document outlines several key events and figures that influenced the development of psychology: - In ancient Greece, Hippocrates rejected beliefs that madness was caused by gods and suggested medical causes instead. - In ancient China, rulers conducted early personality and intelligence exams for officials between 10-20 AD. - The 9th century Persian scholar Avicenna described mental illness and treated patients. - In the 16th century, Copernicus challenged geocentric views of the universe, influencing scientific thought. - In the 17th century, Newton formulated the laws of gravity and motion.

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    The document outlines several key events and figures that influenced the development of psychology: - In ancient Greece, Hippocrates rejected beliefs that madness was caused by gods and suggested medical causes instead. - In ancient China, rulers conducted early personality and intelligence exams for officials between 10-20 AD. - The 9th century Persian scholar Avicenna described mental illness and treated patients. - In the 16th century, Copernicus challenged geocentric views of the universe, influencing scientific thought. - In the 17th century, Newton formulated the laws of gravity and motion.

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    The document outlines several key events and figures that influenced the development of psychology: - In ancient Greece, Hippocrates rejected beliefs that madness was caused by gods and suggested medical causes instead. - In ancient China, rulers conducted early personality and intelligence exams for officials between 10-20 AD. - The 9th century Persian scholar Avicenna described mental illness and treated patients. - In the 16th century, Copernicus challenged geocentric views of the universe, influencing scientific thought. - In the 17th century, Newton formulated the laws of gravity and motion.

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    The document outlines several key events and figures that influenced the development of psychology: - In ancient Greece, Hippocrates rejected beliefs that madness was caused by gods and suggested medical causes instead. - In ancient China, rulers conducted early personality and intelligence exams for officials between 10-20 AD. - The 9th century Persian scholar Avicenna described mental illness and treated patients. - In the 16th century, Copernicus challenged geocentric views of the universe, influencing scientific thought. - In the 17th century, Newton formulated the laws of gravity and motion.

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    Events that Influenced

    Psychology

    Circa 460 – 377 B.C


    The ancient Greeks generally believed that the
    gods punished people for wrongdoing by causing
    them confusion and madness. However, the
    Greek physician Hippocrates rejected these
    beliefs.

    between years 10 - 20
    Chinese rulers conducted the first
    psychological exams, requiring
    public officials to take personality
    and intelligence tests.

    the late 800’s


    Persian Dr. Mohammed Eibon
    Acharya was one of the first to
    describe mental illness and even
    treated patients.

    1500’s
    Polish astronomer Nicolaus
    Copernicus challenged the widely
    held view that the sun revolved
    around Earth, suggesting instead
    that Earth revolves around the sun.

    1600s
    English scientist Sir Isaac
    Newton formulated the laws of
    gravity and motion.

    1700s
    French scientist Antoine Lavoisier
    founded the science of chemistry
    and explained how animals and
    plants behaved use oxygen in

    respiration.
    John B.
    Watson

    1858-1978
    John B Watson was the founder of the school of
    behaviorism and defined psychology as the
    scientific study of observable behavior.

    1879
    in Germany, Wilhelm Wundt set up the
    first psychology laboratory and
    published the principles of physiological
    psychology. Wilhelm and his student,
    such as Eduard Bradford Titchener,
    founded a field of psychology known as
    structuralism.

    1886
    Austrian neurologist Sigmund
    Freud started his own practice
    of specialized disorders.

    a 2+ b 2 2
    1890 =c
    William James published his book
    defining psychology as the science of
    mental life.

    1900
    Freud published his book called the
    interpretation of dreams, where he
    used his theory of psychoanalysis. He
    believed that our personalities are
    shaped by unconscious motives.

    Early 20th Century (~1912)


    2
    Gestalt psychology was developed as an alternative to

    behaviorism and structuralism, and it takes the idea that our


    perceptions of objects are more than the sum of their parts.
    German psychologists formed the core of the school of Gestalt
    psychology in the early 20th century which rejected the
    behaviorist notion that psychologists should concentrate only
    on observable behavior.

    1938
    American Psychologist B.F Skinner
    published the book behavior of organisms,
    which focused on observable behavior
    (rats in a maze).

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