timeline of psychology

• C17th-19th:

  psychology is seen as philosophy - experimental philosophy.
• 1879:

  Wundt (father of psychology) opened the first psychology lab in Germany. He introduced the idea of introspection and structuralism.
• 1900s:

  Freud developed the psychodynamic approach, he put an emphasis on the role of the unconscious mind in behaviour.
• 1913:

  Watson & Skinner established the behaviourist approach
• 1950s:

  Rogers & Maslow established the humanistic approach
• 1960s (1):

  Development of the cognitive approach. Computers were used as a metaphor for the human mind.
• 1960s (2):

  Bandura established social learning theory. A focus on cognitive factors in learning - bridges the behaviourist and cognitive approaches.
• 1980s:

  The biological approach was established/became popular. Understanding of the brain and physiological processes increased because of increased technology.
• C21st:

  cognitive neuroscience was formed. The cognitive and biological approaches were combined.