On September 13, 1848, a 25-year-old railroad foreman named Phineas Gage was injured in a horrific accident. While using an iron rod to tamp explosive powder into a hole, the powder ignited and sent the 43-inch long […]
Margaret Floy Washburn was an important early psychologist who is notable for being Edward B. Titchener’s very first graduate student. Like other women psychologists of her time, she faced considerable discrimination in the pursuit of […]
Christine Ladd-Franklin was a pioneering American woman psychologist and mathematician. Though she completed a dissertation at John Hopkins University, the school would not grant women doctorate degrees at that time. Among her accomplishments, she was […]
When was the famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud born? While it might seem like a fairly simple and straightforward question, it turns out that there is actually a bit of controversy over the real date of […]
Some of the most famous psychologists in history made important contributions to our understanding of the human mind and behavior. Some of these thinkers were also philosophers, educators, and therapists. While some became lightening rods […]
Structuralism is regarded as the earliest school of thought in psychology. While structuralism is usually associated with Wilhelm Wundt, it was actually his student, Edward Bradley Titchener, Who was largely responsible for presenting structuralism as […]
There are many important events that have had a powerful influence on the history of psychology. The following are just a few important dates in psychology that mark significant events and milestones. On February 24, […]
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