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From the beginning of recorded history, humans have been interested

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in trying to understand how and why we think, feel, and act the way we do.

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How do we perceive the world around us?

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Why do we dream?

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How do we learn and remember?

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What motivates a person to behave one way instead of another?

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Psychology, the science of behavior and mental processes, is a young science with ancient roots.

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As an academic discipline, it is less than two hundred years old.

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But psychology did not just emerge in the 1800s fully formed as the product of one or two great minds.

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Instead, the questions that psychology asks and the methods it uses

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have evolved over many centuries and draw on many academic disciplines.

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In this activity you will construct a simplified timeline of the history of psychology

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matching some of the key individuals with their contributions and the approximate dates of those contributions

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Try not to feel overwhelmed by the specific names and dates.

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The more important thing is to get a sense of the flow of ideas that led to modern psychology.