Significant historical milestones in Psychology
Significant Historical Milestones in Psychology From the information I could find, one of the most prominent, influential and controversial minds of the twentieth century was Sigmund Freud. Sigmund Freud’s ideals, work and theories were instrumental in our views of personality, sexuality, memory, childhood, and therapy. One of Sigmund Freud’s most popular contributions to psychology was the founding of “Psychoanalysis.” “Psychoanalysis was founded by Sigmund Freud (1916-1917). Freud Believed that people could be cured by making conscious their unconscious thought and motivations, thus gaining insight.” (McLeod 2009) The theory behind psychoanalysis is brilliant, if one per say was sexually assaulted as a child he/she could possibly be emotionally scarred for life and through time would put those emotions and feelings into their unconscious mind thus possibly causing a series of problems in the future for example depression and anxiety. “The aim of psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions and experiences, i.e. make the unconscious conscious.” (McLeod 2009) Forcing one to understand and face what had happened and through time possibly curing the patient.
One of the major significant events that had a huge effect on Psychology as a whole was when G. Stanley Hall and 30 his peers founded the “American Psychological Association.” “The American Psychological Association was founded in 1892 with 31 members and grew quickly after World War II. Today, APA is the world’s largest association of psychologists, with more than 134,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members.” (History 2013) The APA seems to me like they are determined to better the wellbeing and lives of the people of the world. “The APA seeks to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives.” (APA 2013) They have many avenues to accomplish this common goal; the founding
One of the major significant events that had a huge effect on Psychology as a whole was when G. Stanley Hall and 30 his peers founded the “American Psychological Association.” “The American Psychological Association was founded in 1892 with 31 members and grew quickly after World War II. Today, APA is the world’s largest association of psychologists, with more than 134,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members.” (History 2013) The APA seems to me like they are determined to better the wellbeing and lives of the people of the world. “The APA seeks to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives.” (APA 2013) They have many avenues to accomplish this common goal; the founding
Cited: McLeod, S. A. (2007). Psychoanalysis - Simply Psychology. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/psychoanalysis.html APA History (2013). Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/about/apa/archives/apa-history.aspx About APA (2013). Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/about/index.aspx