Examination of Clinical Psychology
Examination of Clinical Psychology
Vicki Roberson
480
AUGUST 7, 2011
Elizabeth Kane
Examination of Clinical Psychology
Clinical psychology was not discovered until 1879, at the University of Psychology, in Leipzig, Germany, by Wilhelm Wundt. Much has transpired before the discovery such as Theodor Fechner published The Elements of Psychophysics in 1860, and in 1874, Wilhelm Wundt published the Principles of Physiological Psychology. Both of the publications were needed to state the methods of physiology and physics as an answer to questions in psychology. Wundt believed research and studies were essential to know individual and group differences in sensation and perception, and the reaction time of humans. Although clinical psychology and psychiatry sometimes is often used interchangeably it is a difference in the role and work of the two. This paper will explain the history and evolving nature of clinical psychology, explain the role of research and statistics in psychology, and explain the difference between clinical psychology and other mental health professions (Plante, 2011). Although clinical psychology was discovered in 1879, it did not become a specialty area until 1896, when Lightner Witmer opened the first psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the first psychologist to help an individual with a particular problem using his understand of the principles of human behavior, and many of his principles are still in use today. The University of Pennsylvania started offering formal courses in clinical psychology in 1904. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology was published by Morton Price in 1906. The first professional journal entitled The Psychological Clinic began by Witmer in 1907, which started clinical psychology (Plante, 2011). Henri Beaunis and Alfred Binet founded the first psychology laboratory in France in 1885. Binet and Simon developed an intelligent test that identified children with mental
Vicki Roberson
480
AUGUST 7, 2011
Elizabeth Kane
Examination of Clinical Psychology
Clinical psychology was not discovered until 1879, at the University of Psychology, in Leipzig, Germany, by Wilhelm Wundt. Much has transpired before the discovery such as Theodor Fechner published The Elements of Psychophysics in 1860, and in 1874, Wilhelm Wundt published the Principles of Physiological Psychology. Both of the publications were needed to state the methods of physiology and physics as an answer to questions in psychology. Wundt believed research and studies were essential to know individual and group differences in sensation and perception, and the reaction time of humans. Although clinical psychology and psychiatry sometimes is often used interchangeably it is a difference in the role and work of the two. This paper will explain the history and evolving nature of clinical psychology, explain the role of research and statistics in psychology, and explain the difference between clinical psychology and other mental health professions (Plante, 2011). Although clinical psychology was discovered in 1879, it did not become a specialty area until 1896, when Lightner Witmer opened the first psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the first psychologist to help an individual with a particular problem using his understand of the principles of human behavior, and many of his principles are still in use today. The University of Pennsylvania started offering formal courses in clinical psychology in 1904. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology was published by Morton Price in 1906. The first professional journal entitled The Psychological Clinic began by Witmer in 1907, which started clinical psychology (Plante, 2011). Henri Beaunis and Alfred Binet founded the first psychology laboratory in France in 1885. Binet and Simon developed an intelligent test that identified children with mental
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