Timeline on Developmental Psychology

Enlightment Era

Locke and Rosseau proposed that children are psychologically different from adults; increased education.

1859

Darwin released his theory of evolution.

1879

Psyhology as a whole was becoming more recognized as a scientific dicipline with Wundt and James.

1762

Rosseau released the 5 book series Emile: or On Education.

Enlightment Era

The "Nature vs. Nurture" debate helped kickstart the idea of evolution and eventual child psychology.

Late 1800s

Darwin's theory helped inspired future developmental psychologists

1883

The Contents of Children's Minds by G. Stanley Hall was released.

Developmental Psychology Timeline

YVETTE JURADO'S

1689

Locke defends innate ideas in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

1890s-1900s

At first, Baldwin's ideas were not widely accepted, but eventually was in the 2000s.

1895

James Sully wrote "Studies of Childhood"

1900s

Freud's psychosexual theory has been debunked, failing to mention women's psychosexual development, being too vague, and not being possible to test scientifically.

1892

G. Stanley Hall has done a lot more things to help developmental psychology, even finding the American Psychological Association (APA).

1890s-1900s

Freud created the "seduction hypothesis" where psychoneuroses was caused by early repressed sexual abuse.

1905

Freud first created his "psychosexual theory" of early childhood.

1900s

Despite imporvements to the education system, very few students advanced past grade school.

1896

Baldwin released his theory on the "Baldwin Effect" to explain social evolution of lifelong trait learning.

Late 1910s

Behaviorism is a field of psychology known for its controling of behaviors.

1919/1920

Behaviorist Watson condicted the infamous "Little Albert" study.

1928

Watson published Psychological Care of Infant and Child.

20th Century

Developmental psych went through major advancements, leading it to be taken more seriously as a field.

1920s

Behaviorism became one of the main schools of thoughts, even benefiting developmental psych.

1919/1920

The study created a lot of controversy of ethics in the scientific sphere.

1936

Jean Piaget released his "Cognitive Development"

1909

Many psychoanalists at the time met for a conference at Clark University. Also dubbed the "Freud Conference"

1940s-1950s

With Piaget's influential studies into the child mind, education and childcare started to become more recognized..

1957

Maturation is the study of how the mind changes as a person grows.

1962

Vygotsky released his own "social development theory".

1930s

With the help of Piaget, Developmental Psych (or Genetic epistemology) has become its own official field of psychology.

1940s-1950s

The beginning of a new war, meaning the start of advanced psychological strategies.

1957

The Montessori method of Education began to be popularized in schools.

1962

Vygotsky's theory inspired a focus on collaboration-based learning that lets students learn from interactions with peers and teachers.

1936

With Cognitive Development, Piaget made "5 stages".

1969

"Attachment theory" is a theory focusing on the 4 different types of attachment a child might have with their parent.

20th Century

Developmental psychologists were starting to become more interested in more broader issues.

21st Century

Education is more focused on skill-building in the new era and less on information.

1963

With a revolutionary new outlook on the lifespan of a person, Erikson paved the way for more hands-on parenting and learning.

20th Century

More children were staying in school and even attending college.

1977

Albert Bandura created the "social cognitive theory".

21st Century

Parenting is more flexible, more hands-on, and more directed towards children's needs.

1963

Erikson, against Freud, created his 5 stages of development.

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