Key Figures and Events

Question 1

5,000 BCE

Answer 1

Trephination (drilling a small hole in a person’s skull) is used to release the spirits and demons from the mind

Question 2

Hippocrates - 460-377 BCE

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The first man to write about a man suffering from acrophobia - fear of heights

Question 3

John Locke - 1690

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Proposes that the mind is a blank slate to be written on by experience.

Question 4

Gustav Fechner - 1860

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Publishes Elemente der Psychophysik, establishing the discipline of Psychophysics.

Question 5

Wilhelm Wundt - 1879

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Opens the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.

Question 6

William James - 1890

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Publishes principles of psychology, a text in 2 volumes.

Question 7

G. Stanley Hall - 1892

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A founding father of the American Psychological Association (APA), becomes its first President.

Question 8

Sigmund Freud - 1900

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Introduces his psychoanalytic theory of behavior with the publication of the interpretation of dreams.

Question 9

Mary Whiton Calkins - 1905

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Becomes the first female president of APA.

Question 10

Max Wertheimer - 1912

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Develops the principle of Gestalt Psychology.

Question 11

John B Watson - 1913

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Establishes behaviorism to study observable behavior.

Question 12

Francis C Sumner - 1920

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Becomes first African American to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology.

Question 13

Frederick Bartlet - 1932

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Lays the foundation for cognitive science with his book Remembering.

Question 14

B. F. Skinner - 1938

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Publishes the Behavior Organisms, outlining his version of behaviorism.

Question 15

Karen Horney - 1950

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Published Neurosis and Human Growth outlining her psychoanalytic social theory as an alternative to Freud’s psychosexual theory.

Question 16

Carl Rogers - 1951

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Publishes client-centered therapy, advocating a new humanistic approach emphasizing personal growth.

Question 17

Abraham Maslow - 1953

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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs - a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.

Question 18

Jean Piaget - 1965

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Publishes the child’s conception of number.

Question 19

Eleanor Maccoby/ Carl Jacklin - 1974

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Publish a seminal book on gender, the psychology of sex differences.

Question 20

John Tooby/ Leda Cosmides - 1992

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Publish a landmark chapter “ The Evolutionary Foundations of Culture” that jumps -starts Evolutionary Psychology.

Question 21

Martin Seligman - 1998

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Starts the positive psychology movement with Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, to study and promote psychological well-being.