Some Interesting Landmarks in the Evolution of Modern Psychology

The book's own Box 1.1 lays out a chronological timeline of landmark moments in the growth of modern psychology, weaving together the Western schools of thought described above, the parallel growth of psychology as a teaching, research, and clinical institution in India, and a number of Nobel Prizes awarded for work with deep psychological relevance. These are Truth-Layer facts as printed in the textbook, reproduced here exactly as dates, names, and events:

1879 -- Wilhelm Wundt establishes the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.

1890 -- William James publishes Principles of Psychology.

1895 -- Functionalism is formulated as a system of psychology.

1900 -- Sigmund Freud develops Psychoanalysis.

1904 -- Ivan Pavlov wins the Nobel Prize for his work on the digestive system, which led to an understanding of the principles behind the development of responses.

1905 -- Intelligence test developed by Binet and Simon.

1912 -- Gestalt psychology is born in Germany.

1916 -- First Psychology Department at Calcutta University is established.

1922 -- Psychology is included in the Indian Science Congress Association.

1924 -- Indian Psychological Association is founded.

1924 -- John B. Watson publishes 'Behaviourism', a book that led to the foundation of behaviourism.

1928 -- N.N. Sengupta and Radhakamal Mukerjee publish the first textbook on Social Psychology (London: Allen & Unwin).

1949 -- Psychological Research Wing of the Defence Science Organisation of India is established.

1951 -- Humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers publishes Client-Centred Therapy.

1953 -- B.F. Skinner publishes 'Science and Human Behaviour', strengthening behaviourism as a major approach to psychology.

1954 -- Humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow publishes 'Motivation and Personality'.

1954 -- Bureau of Psychology is established at Allahabad.

1955 -- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) is established at Bangalore.

1962 -- Hospital for Mental Diseases in Ranchi is established.

1973 -- Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen win the Nobel Prize for their work on built-in, species-specific animal behaviour patterns that emerge without any prior experience or learning.

1978 -- Herbert Simon wins the Nobel Prize for work on decision-making.

1981 -- David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel win the Nobel Prize for their research on vision cells in the brain. …