In under a century, psychology was born in a laboratory, split into rival schools, and circled back to the mind it started with. Step through the founders — each one changed what psychology chooses to study.
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Why a timeline?Psychology is only about 150 years old as a science. Watching it evolve — from introspection to behavior to the modern study of the mind — makes each perspective easier to keep straight. Start with Wundt, 1879.