While psychology did not emerge as a separate discipline until the late 1800s, its earliest history can be traced back to Egypt, Greece, China, Persia, and India. In the 17th centur… See more

During the mid-1800s, a German physiologist named Wilhelm Wundtwas using scientific research methods to investigate reaction times. His book, published i… See more

Edward B. Titchener, one of Wundt’s most famous students, would go on to found psychology’s first major school of thought. According to the structuralists, human consciousn… See more

Psychology flourished in America during the mid- to late-1800s. William Jamesemerged as one of the major American psychologists during this period and publish… See more