Notable Dates in the History of European Psychology:
Late 1800s through Early 1900s
Sigmund Freud's Office at Bergasse 19 in Vienna.
1874: Wilhelm Wundt, a German physiologist, publishes Principles of Physiological Psychology in which he describes the connections between physiology (biology of living organisms) and psychology (human behavior and thought).
1879: Wundt establishes the first experimental psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany dedicated to the study of the mind. The lab is credited for creating a separate discipline for the study of psychology.
1886: Sigmund Freud begins offering therapy to patients in Vienna, Austria.
1900: Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams in which he introduces dream analysis.
1906: Ivan Pavlov publishes his findings on classical conditioning.
1912: Max Wertheimer publishes Experimental Studies of the Perception of Movement, which leads to the development of Gestalt psychology. Gestalt psychology focuses on the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and examines the human mind and behavior in conjunction with each other.
1913: Carl Jung begins to depart from Freudian views and develops his own theories, which he refers to as analytical psychology.