Emergence Of Psychology As A Science

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17th-19th century

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Branch of broader discipline of philosophy- experimental psychology

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1879

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Wilhelm Wundt
First experimental lab in Germany
Psychology as own distinct discipline in its own right

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1900s

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Signing Fruend

Psychodynamic approach established, emphasised influence of the unconscious mind on the behaviour

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1913

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John B Watson

Behaviourist views with skinners later contributions establishes the behaviourist approach

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1950s

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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Humanistic approach emphasise the importance of free will

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1960s

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The cognitive revolution came with the introduction of the digital computer, the cognitive approach reintroduces the study of mental processes

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1960#

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Albert Bandura proposes the social learning theory

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1960s

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The biological approach establishes as the dominant scientific perspective in psychology

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21st century

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Cognitive neuroscience emerges bringing together the cognitive and biological approaches