PSYC1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: American Psychological Association, Margaret Floy Washburn, Max Wertheimer

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC1001
• Professor: Caleb Owens

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1879 wilhelm wundt sets up the first laboratory of psychology at university of leipzig in germany, Wundt defines psychology as the study of conscious experience. Which is the tsk to analyse consciousness into its basic elements. 1880s wu(cid:374)dt"s stude(cid:374)ts a(cid:272)(cid:396)oss a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a a(cid:374)d ge(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) esta(cid:271)lishes (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h la(cid:271)o(cid:396)ato(cid:396)(cid:455) that fo(cid:396)(cid:373) the basis of psychology. 1892 stanley hall established american psychological association (apa) and became its first president. 1904 ivan pavlov, a russian physiologist show dogs can be trained to salivate in response to a stimulus. It shows how stimulus-response bond can be formed and launches the study of classical conditioning, his discovery lays path for the study of (cid:862)(cid:271)ehaviouris(cid:373)(cid:863) 1905 alfred binet develops first successful intelligence test. It demonstrates practical potential of mental testing and helps foster the emergence of applied psychology. 1908 margaret washburn, fi(cid:396)st (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) to (cid:396)e(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e ph. d. i(cid:374) ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455), pu(cid:271)lishes (cid:862)the a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al (cid:373)i(cid:374)d(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h se(cid:396)(cid:448)es the e(cid:373)e(cid:396)ge(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)is(cid:373) a(cid:374)d (cid:396)ise of a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h.