curious about the ways and behaviors of his species. Psychology, being the scientific

study of mental and behavioral processes, can be non-scientifically traced back centuries

to eras when philosophy was a prime school of thought. People have invariably been

trying to interpret human behavior, but it wasn’t until people started applying experiment

to psychological issues, did it become acknowledged and recorded. There are several

significant figures who are responsible for the history of the study of psychology.

Psychology became recognized as a formal academic discipline when William

Wundt founded a laboratory for psychological study in Germany in 1879. Wundt is often

called the “father of psychology” for this reason. His laboratory studies were in concepts

such as sensory processes, perception, attention span, and reaction time, which are all

principles of consciousness. The principles of consciousness were Wundt’s specialty and

he sought out to observe the guidelines intertwining these principles. Wundt believed

that sensations, such as coldness, hotness, or numbness were the basics of consci

Maslow and this school focused on the particularity of humans and their ability of choice,

Functionalism, a school of thought concerned with how humans and animals use

their highest potential. Carl Rogers developed client-centered therapy and made human

eventually rear their head and cause turmoil. Freud’s studies caused controversy in the

behaviorism. Watson disbelieved that mental processes, consciousness, and introspection

telling about them, a practice Wundt’s students of psychology were very skilled in.

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