A TimeLine of psychological ideas
by Marcos Emanoel Pereira / Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Conventions: The events that happened in Brazil are written in this color The events that happened in Europe are written in this color The events that happened in America are written in this color The events that happened in Asia are written in this color The events that happened in Africa are written in this color The events that happened in Australia are written in this color -600 -500 -400 -300 100 400 1000 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 1950
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From 1950 up to our days
19501950
Second edition of Boring's A History of Experimental PsychologyAdorno, Frenkel-Brunswick, Levinson & Sanford publish The
Authoritarian PersonalityTheodor Newcomb publishes Social Psychology
George Homans publishes The Human Group
Alan Turing publishes Computing machinery and intelligence
Robert Bales introduces the Interactional Process Analysis
Established the Mexican Society of Psychology
Established at the Central University of Ecuador the Institute of
PsychologyThe Israel Psychological Association is established
1951
The International Union of Psychological Science (IUPS), later International
Union of Psychological Sciences (IUPsyS) is foundedThe Interamerican Society of Psychology is founded in Mexico
The Institute of Psychology Chinese Academy of Science is founded
1952
Egon Brunswick publishes The conceptual framework of psychologySalomon Asch publishes Social Psychology
Frederic Bartlett publishes Think and to Conceive: Experiments of
Practical psychologyThe Spanish Psychological Society is established
The Japanese Educational Psychology Association is established
1953
The American Association of Psychology publishes the first Code of
Ethics of PsychologistsB. F. Skinner publishes Science and Human Behavior
Leon Festinger and Daniel Katz publish Research methods in the
behavioral sciencesC. Hovland, I. Janis and H. Kelley publish Communication and
persuasion: psychological studies of opinion changeThe Sociedad de Psicologia del Uruguai is established
A postgraduate school of psychology at theUniversity of Madrid
is establishedIraj Ayman establishes the Testing and Vocational Guidance Unit at the
U.S. Technical Operation Mission in Tehran
1954
The Brazilian Association of the Psychologists is establishedIn the journal Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicotécnica a law project about
the formation and the regulation of the psychologist's profession is publishedGordon Allport publishes The nature of prejudice
Leon Festinger postulates the theory of social comparison process
Abraham Maslow develops a hierarquical theory of human personality
in the book Motivation and PersonalityB. F. Skinner demonstrates at the University of Pittsburgh a machine
designed to teach arithmetic, using an instructional programThe journal Acta Psiquiatrica y Psicologicade America Latina is
established in ArgentinaThe Sociedad Peruana de Psicologia is established
1955
Social psychologist Richard Crutchfield publishes the article
Conformity and CharacterGeorge Kelly publishes Psychology of Personal Constructs
Lee J. Cronbach and Paul E. Meehl's article Construct Validity in
Psychological Tests was published
Established the Federacion Colombiana de Psicologia (Colombian
Federation of Psychology)Established the formation in psychology at the Universidad San
Marcos at PeruThe Journal of Analytical Psychology is established in London
South-African psychiatrist David Cooper arrives in England
A psychology department is established at the University of
Queensland, Australia
1956
Jerome Bruner and collaborators publish A study of thinkingGeorge A. Miller publishes in Psychological Review his famous article
on the magic number sevenSalomon Asch publishes his studies about conformity
U. T. Place postulates in the article Is Consciousness a Brain Process?,
the first modern statement of the identity theory
Swiss psychiatrist Ludwig Biswanger publishes Three Forms of Frustrated
existence: Extravagance, Idiosyncrasy and AffectationThe journal CeskolovenskaPsychologie (Czechoslovak
Psychology) is foundedLaw No. 198 regulates the clinical practice of psychologists
in Egypt
1957
Leon Festinger publishes Theory of the Cognitive DissonanceB.F. Skinner and Charles B. Ferster publish, after five years of
collaboration, the book Schedules of ReinforcementB. F. Skinner publishes Verbal behavior
H. J. Eysenck publishes The effects of psychotherapy: an evaluation
L. Cronbach publishes The two disciplines of scientific psychology
The Instituto deInvestigaciones Psicologicas is founded at the
Universidad de Costa RicaThe Finnish Psychological Society is established
1958
Allen Newell, Marvin E. Shaw, and Herbert A. Simon's article Elements
of a Theory of Human Problem Solving, the first exposition of the
information-processing approach in psychologyHerbert Feigl publishes The 'Mental' and the 'Physical'
Howard A. Rusk publishes Rehabilitation Medicine, in which his suggests
that approximately one-half of physically disabled adults would require
psychological services to attain a reasonable adaptationDonald Broadbent publishes Perception and Communication
Offered in France a doctorate with an option in psychology
The Czechoslovak Psychological Society and the Slovak
Psychological Society were foundedThe Pattern Completion Test (PATCO), devised by the South African
National Institute of Personal Research, is applied to nomadic
Bushmen during the first and second(1959) Kalahari expeditions
1959
Wolfgang Köhler publishes Gestalt psychology todayJohn W. Thibaut and Harold H. Kelley's book The Social Psychology of
Groups was publishedJ. P. Guilford's article The three faces of intellect was published in the
American PsychologistNoam Chomsky publishes his revision of the book Verbal Behavior
previously published by B. F. SkinnerJ. J. C. Smart publishes the article Sensations and Brain Process
Iraj Ayman establishes the Iran's first psychological department at the
National Teacher's College in TehranIn Tananarive, Madagascar, the C.C.T.A/C.S.A. Meeting of
Specialists of the Basic Psychology of Africanand Madagascan
Populations is held
1960
1960
G. Sperling publishes its famous article about the sensorial memoryRobert Watson publishes the article History of Psychology: a
Neglected AreaMilton Rokeach publishes The open and the closed mind
First school of professional psychology is established in Mexico
The Japanese Social Psychology Association is established
1961
First edition of Journal of Humanistic PsychologyCarl Rogers publishes On becoming a person
The Handbook of Clinical Psychology, edited by Benjamin Wolman,
was first publishedRensis Likert's book New Patterns of Management , a landmark in
organizational psychology, was published.Michael Argyle and Janet Dean's article Eye-Contact, Distance, and
Affiliation was published in Sociometry.Hans Toch publishes Legal and Criminal Psychology , the first
psycholegal textbookA psychology program is established at the University of las Villas,
Cuba
1962
Creation of bachelor courses and the profession of psychologistThe University of São Paulo hires Fred Keller
Michael Murphy and Richard Price found the Esalen Institute
at Big Sur, in CaliforniaThe Psychological Association of the Philipinnes is established
1963
Pedro Parafita Bessa creates the course of Psychology at the
Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisSigmund Koch publishes Psychology: a Study of a Science
Neil Smelser publishes Theory of Collective Behavior
J. A. Ritchie publishes in Wellington, New Zealand the book The
Making of a Maori: A case study of a changing country
1964
Fred Keller, Carolina M. Bori, Rodolpho Azzi e J. G. Sherman
install the Department of Psychology of the Universidade de BrasíliaStanley Milgram publishes Obedience to authority
Emergence of humanistic psychology as "third force" in psychology
T. W.Wann edits Behaviorism and Phenomenology: contrasting
bases for modern psychologyThe Union Cubana de Psicologia is established
The Sociedad Salvadorena de Psicologia is established
The yugoslav historian of psychology Kruno Kristic publishes in
the journal Acta Instituti Psychologici Universitatis Zagabrensis
the article Marko Marulik. The autor of the term “psychology”The Association of Romanian Psychologists is established
1965
The military regime dissolves the Department of Psychology of the
Universidade de BrasíliaRoger Brown publishes Social Psychology
Robert Zajonc analises the process of social facilitation
The Journal for the History of Behavioural Sciences is founded
A conference held in Swampscott, Massachusetts,establishes the
field of community psychologyThe Asociación Panameña de Psicologos is established
T'Sao Jih-chang translate Woodward and Schlossberg's Experimental
Psychology into ChineseThe Pakistan Journal of Psychology is established
The first laboratory of experimental psychology in independent
sub-saarian Africa is established in Zambia
1966
J. J. Gibson publishes The senses considered as perceptual systemJerome S. Bruner's book Studies in Cognitive Growth was published.
Saul Sternberg's article High Speed Scanning in Human Memory was
published in ScienceFirst master's program in humanistic psychology is established in the
psychology department of the Sonoma State CollegeThe first federal legislation to protect animal research subjects,
The Animal Welfare Act, was enactedEstablished the Sociedad Paraguaya de Psicologia
Psychology as banned as a university subject, the Institute of
Psychology in Chinese Academic of Sciences is closed and the
publication of psychology journals and books is ceased in ChinaThe iranian psychologist A. A. Siyassi publishes in Persian the book
Science of Mind or Psychology from the standpoint of educationThe Australian Psychological Society is established
1967
The journal Revista Interamericana de Psicologia/Interamerican
Journal of Psychology is establishedRollo May publishes Psychology and the Human Dillema
Hilary Putnam suggests the idea of multiple realizability of mental
propertiesRobert Watson establishes the first history of psychology PHD
program in the worldThe department of psychology at the Universidad Autonoma
de Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic is establishedUlric Neisser publishes Cognitive Psychology
1968
Abraham Maslow publishes Toward a Psychology of BeingThe International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences is
publishedEstablished the Colegio de Psicólogos de Chile (union of
psychologists)Lourdes García-Averasturi establishes in Cuba the National Group
of PsychologyDavid Armstrong publishes A Materialistic Theory of Mind
Cheiron, the International Organizations for the History of the
Behavioral and Social Sciences is establishedThe Department of Psychology at the University of Hong Kong
and the Hong Kong Psychological Society is establishedThe Psychological Association of Iran is established
The Korean Journal of Psychology is established
The Pakistan Psychological Association held its first meeting in
DhakaA department of psychology is established in the University of
Zambia
1969
Gregory Bateson publishes Schizophrenia and FamilyAlbert Bandura publishes Principles of Modification of the Behavior
Gardner Lindzey & Elliot Aronson publishes the second edition of the
Handbook of Social PsychologyJoseph Wolpe publishes The practice of behavior therapy
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross publishes On the Death and Dying
Ruben Ardila founds in Colombia the Latin American Journal of
PsychologyThe Revista Argentina de Psicologia is established
Lewis Brandt and Wolfgang Metzer publish 'Reality,' What does it mean?
1970
1970
The Association Humanistic Psychology creates the Humanistic
Psychology Institute as an educational and research instituteThe french psychologist Francois Lapointe publishes in the journal
American Psychologist the article Origins and evolutions of the
term psychologyFirst International Invitation Conference on Humanistic Psychology
in AmsterdamStanislav Kratochvil publishes in Czechoslovakia Psychotherapy:
Approaches, Methods and research
1971
R. Shepard & J.Metzler publishes the article Mental rotation of
three-dimensional objectsB. F. Skinner publishes Beyond Freedom and Dignity
H. Rimoldi establishes the Interdisciplinary Center of Research in
Mathematical and Experimental PsychologyItalian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia publishes The Denied Institution
The Psychological Practices Act governs the psychological practice
in Zimbabwe
1972
A. Newell & H. Simon publish Human Problem SolvingRon Harré and Paul Secord publish The Explanation of Social
BehaviorR. A. LeVine and D. T. Campbell publish Ethnocentrism
J. Israel and H. Tajfel publish The context of social psychology
J. R. Eiser and W. Stroebe publish Categorization and social judgment
The Swiss psychiatrist Medard Boss founds in Zurich the Institute
Analytic Existential of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic
1973
Established the Faculty of Psychology at the National University of
Mexico (UNAM)Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz and Nikollaas Tinbergen receive the
Nobel Prize in recognition of their studies on the behavior of the animalsA psychological licensing law was adopted in Norway
1974
The First Annual Convention of the American Psychology-Law
Society is heldThe Journal of Black Psychology was first published by the Association
of Black Psychologists.The Egyptian Association for Psychological Societies publishes the
first volume of the Egyptian Yearbook of PsychologyThe Medical, Dental , and Supplementary Health Service Professions Act
governs the profession of psychologist in South Africa1975
Paul Feyerabend publishes Against the Method: Outline of an anarchist
theory of knowledgeMary Henle publishes Gestalt psychology and gestalt therapy
The Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Psychology is
established at the Alberta University , CanadaThe first college program in Community Psychology is offered by the
psychology department of the University of Puerto Rico at Rio PiedrasThe Associacion Dominicana de Psicologia (Dominican Association
of Psychology) is establishedWilliam Sahakian publishes History of Psychology
1976
The Latin American Association of Social Psychology
(ALAPSO) is establishedV. Sexton and H. Misiak publish Psychology Around the World
J. Ehrenwald publishes A History of Psychotherapy
Psychology is recognized as a independent school at the
University of HavanaThe Colegio de Psicólogos de Bolivia is established
Ulric Neisser publishes Cognition and Reality
M. Billig publishes Social psychology and intergroup relations
1977
R. Schank & R. Abelson publish Scripts, Plans, Goals and
UnderstandingAlan Gauld & John Shotter publish Human action and its psychological
investigationJoseph Rychlak publishes Psychology of Rigorous Humanism
Sheldon Stryker distinguishes between psychological and sociological social
psychologyAn article by a group of psychologist at Beijing University suggest
the revival of psychology as an academic disciplineThe Law of Psychologists regulates the profession of psychologist
in IsraelNixon and Taft publish Psychology in Australia: Achievements
and Prospects
1978
Kelley and Thibaut publish Interpersonal relations: A theory of
interdependenceThe Laboratorio de Psicologia at the Universidad de Los
Andes , Merida, Venezuela is foundedThe journal Boletin de Psicologia is founded in La Habana,
CubaThe Federacion de Psicólogos de Venezuela is established
The Columbian Society of Psychology is established
A new universitary law reduces the time of study of psychology in
Czechoslovakia from 5 to 4 yearsThe Chinese Society of Psychology is refounded
1979
J.J. Gibson publishes The ecological approach to visual perceptionLachman, Lachman & Butterfield publish Cognitive psychology
and information processing: An introductionThe journal Revista Chilena de Psicologia is founded
The journal Psychologie und Gesellschaftskritik published two issues
(1979/1980) on Psychology and Fascism containing several studies on
psychology in Nazi GermanyThe Belgian Federations of Psychologists is established
The Greek Parliament promulges a law specifying the qualifications for
the profession of psychologist
M. J. Lerner publishes The belief in a just world
It is estimated that one out of
ten doctorates granted in the United
States in psychology
John Searle
presents in the article Minds, Brain, and Programs the
Chinese room argument
Ned Block publishes
the first volume of Readings in Philosophy of
Psychology
The Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos (Union of Psychologist) is
established in Spain
The Institute of Psychology of
Bucharest and the official teaching
of
psychology are abolished in Romaniabetween
1980 and 1989
The Belgian Federation of Psychologist publishes
its Code of Ethics
1981
M.
Rosenzweig estimates the total number of psychologist in
the world to
be 260,000
American Psychological Association has approximately 50,500 members
The journal Revista de la Association
Latinoamericana de Psicologia
Social is established in Mexico
J. C. Turner and H. Giles publish Intergroup behavior
Estabelecida a Federação Européia das Associações Profissionais
de
Psicólogos
1982
D. Kahneman, P. Slovic and A. Tversky publish
Judgment under Uncertainty:
Heuristics and Biases
David Marr
publishes Vision:
an investigation computational on the human
representation and the processing of the visual information
The Humanistic Psychology Institute
changes its name to the
Saybrook
Institute
The journal Revista de Historia de
la Psicología is established in
Spain
The Academy of Arabic
Language in Cairo approves a dictionary of
psychological terms
1983
John
R. Anderson publishes The Architecture of Cognition
Jerry Fodor publishes The Modularity of the Mind
Law 58 legalizes the profession of psychologist in Colombia
The journal New Ideas in Psychology is established
The Japonese Journal of Clinical Psychology is established
Established the Psychological Association of South Africa (PASA)
1984
Helmuth Krüger publishes Introduction
to Social Psychology
S. T. Fiske and S. E. Taylor publish Social Cognition
Zenon Pylyshyn publishes Computation and Cognition
The journal Revista Cubana de Psicologia
is esblished in La
Habana, Cuba
Robert Farr and Serge Moscovici publish Social representations
Over 400 students are reported to receive
doctoral degree
in psychology in India
1985
Gardner Lindzey & Elliot Aronson publish
the third edition
of Handbook of Social Psychology
Howard Gardner publishes The new mind's science
Petr Rezek publishes anonymously in
Prague Lectures on
Phenomenological Psychology
Law n. 85-772 defines the professional
regulation of psychologists
in France
The Japanese Industrial and Organizational
Association is
established
There are an estimated 58 academic psychologist
in Nigeria and
22 in Cameroon
1986
McClelland, J. L.
& Rumelhart,
D. E. publish the series of books
Parallel Distributed Processing
A. Paivio publishes Mental Representations: a dual code approach
Robert Wyer, Jr.
& Thomas
Srull publish the article Human cognition
in its social context
Willem Doise publishes Levels of explanation in social psychology
Psychological consultation becomes popular in China
China's "Humanistic Psychology Craze",
especially its "Maslow Craze"
gradually took shape, and through
1989 Maslow's books sell 557,900
copies
A. A. Shoarinejad publishes in Tehran
A Dictionary of behavioral
sciences
1987
An estimated 18,000 psychologists
in France
The Pakistan
Psychological Association publishes a report on
the standard for the practice of psychotherapy
in Pakistan
Janak Pandey publishes the three
volume book Psychology in India:
The State of the Art
815 people have professional register
to work as psychologists
in New Zealand
1988
An estimated 5,000 psychologists
in Germany and 2,160 in Norway
Published in Hebrew language the journal
Israel Quarterly of
Psychology
1989
I. Altman publishes the article Centripetal
and centrifugal
trends in psychology
John Searle publishes Minds, brains, and science
A group of experimental psychologists
establishes the Canadian
Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Sciences
Diaz-Guerrero developes one of the most
significant psychological
projects of Mexico - Mexican Ethnopsychology
State Law No. 56
regulates the profession of psychologist
in the Italy
The journal Psychology
and Developing Societies at the
University of Alahhabad, India is established
1990
Established the Union Peruvian of Psychologists
15,000 licensed psychologist in Mexico
Dalal estimates between 4,000 and 4,500 psychologists in India
An estimated 5,000 clinical psychologist
in Japan
1991
There are 27,000 registered students
of psychology in Mexico
The Association of Academic Unities
in Psychology is established
in Argentina
Law 360/1990 regulates
the profession of psychologist in Austria
1992
Aproximately 10,000 people are working
as psychologists in
Argentina and 8,000 in Canada
The Law 30 regulates the graduate
study in psychology in
Colombia
Aproximately 6,000 people are working
as psychologists in
Polland, 1,350 in Austria and 6,000
in Belgium
Aproximately 600 people are working
as psychologists in the
Pakistan, 5,000 in India and 2,500
in Israel
International Workshop on "Child Development
and National
Development" was organized in Yaounde,Cameroon
An estimated 5,000 to 6,000 people are
working as psychologists
in Australia
1993
A.
H. Eagly and S. Chaiken publish The psychology of attitudes
Roger
Sperry publishes in American Psychologist the article The
Impact and Promise of the Cognitive
Revolution
Beijing Research Association of
Healthy Personalities (BRAHP) and
Beijing People's Radio Station launched
a radio program, "Healthy
Personalities and Life"
1994
A total of 111 Brazilian Universities
have psychology programs
The first National PsychologyCongress is held in Campos do Jordão
M. P. Zanna
and J. M.
Olson publish The psychology of prejudice:
The Ontario Symposium, vol. 7
The first Encontros Integradores
de Psicologos del Mercosur is held
in Montevideo
Roger Sperry dies
J. P. Leyens,
V. Yzerbyt and
G. Schadron publish Stereotypes and social
cognition
The Decree concerning Health Care
Professional regulates the title of
psychotherapist in Finland
1995
The second Encontros Integradores de Psicologos del
Mercosur
is held in Buenos Ayres
First issue of Psychology, Public Policy, And Law
Aproximately 1,200 people are working as psychologists in Colombia
The European Federation of Professional Psychologists
Associaciation accepts the Meta-Code of Ethics
1996
Jaegwon Kin publishes Philosophy of
Mind
Established the Guatemalan Association of Psychology
A total of 59 Canadian Universities
have psychology programs and
approximately 10,000 psychologists are legally recognized
to practice
psychology in Canada.
Approximately 3,600
psychologists are legally recognized
to practice
psychology in Cuba
1997
The IV Encontro Integrador dos Psicólogos
do Mercosul is held in
Montevideo with participants of Federación
de Psicologos de la
Republica Argentina, Conselho Federal
de Psicologia (Brasil),
Colegio de Psicologos de Chile, Sociedad
Paraguaya de Psicologia
and Coordinadoria de Psicologos del Uruguay
Established the Union of Psychologists of Costa Rica
Joseph Wolpe and Hans Eysenck die
S. Russel, P. Oakes, N. Ellemers e
S. A. Haslam publish The Social
Psychology of Stereotyping and Group
Life
1998
Approximately 3,700 psychologists
are legally recognized to
practice psychology in Chile
An estimated 1,200 people are working
as psychologists
in Bolivia
An estimated 1,700 people are
legally recognized to practice
psychology in Paraguay
Dies M. T. Bazany, one of the most important
psychologist of
Czechoslovakia
1999
Approximately 100,000 psychologists are
legally recognized to practice
psychology in Brazil.
Nise da Silveira, one of the most important
brazilian junguian
psychologist dies
Psychology in the Americas, edited
by Modesto Alonso and Alice Eagly, was
published by Interamerican Society of Psychology (SIP)
2000
Held in Stockholm, Sweden, The XXVII International Congress of Psychology
2001
José Miguel Salazar dies