Psychology Timeline
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- Created on: 02-05-18 14:34
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- Timeline of Psychology
- 17th Century - 19th Century.
- 1879
- 1900s
- 1913
- 1950s
- 1960s
- The digital computer was introduced and this gave psychologists a metaphor for the operations of the mind.
- The cognitive approach reintroduces the study of mental processes, but in more detail than Wundt.
- 1960s
- 1980s +
- 21st Century
- Cognitive neuroscience emerges which brought together cognitive and biological approaches.
- It's built on the earlier computer models and investigates how biological structures influence mental states.
- Cognitive neuroscience emerges which brought together cognitive and biological approaches.
- The biological approach becomes the dominant scientific perspective.
- This is because of improved technology that helped us understand the brain and biological processes.
- 21st Century
- Bandura proposes the social learning theory.
- It draws attention to the role of cognitive factors in learning.
- 1980s +
- The digital computer was introduced and this gave psychologists a metaphor for the operations of the mind.
- Rogers and Maslow develop the humanistic approach.
- This rejected the views of the psycho-dynamic approach and behaviourism.
- Humanistic psychologists emphasise the importance of self-determination and free will.
- This rejected the views of the psycho-dynamic approach and behaviourism.
- 1960s
- Watson writes a book and Skinner establishes the behaviourist approach.
- 1950s
- The psycho - dynamic approach is established.
- Freud emphasised the influence of the unconscious mind on behaviour.
- This developed personcentred therapy(psycho-analysis)
- Freud emphasised the influence of the unconscious mind on behaviour.
- 1913
- Wundt opens the first psychology lab in Germany.
- 1900s
- Psychology was known as experimental philosophy.
- 1879
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