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335 BC
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While Plato stated the brain was the mechanism of mental processes, Aristotle contended the heart was the mechanism of mental processes
287 BC
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Plato establishes the brain as a mechanism of mental processes
1632 - 1704
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John Lock begins to promote Empiricism
1774
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Mesmerism or hypnosis is coined and used as a "formal" cure for some mental illnesses by Franz Mesmer
1793
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Individuals with mental health concerns and issues were often confined and treated inhumanely, Philippe Pinel led the charge to release mental patients from confinement and lobbied for more human treatment of those with mental illness,
1859
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Charles Darwin expanded his theory of "Survival of the fittest" and published "On the Origin of Species."
1906
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The first studies on Classical Conditioning was published by Ivan Pavlov
1913
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John E. Watson publishes "Psychology as a Behaviorist Views It" which begins Behavioral Psychology
1938
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B.F. Skinner writes "Behavior of Organisms" establishing support for behavioral psychology
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Through emplricism, Thomas Reid and others begin to emphasize the role of the human observer and the primacy of the senses in defining how the mind comes to acquire knowledge. In the early 1800s, American colleges and universities taught the priniciples of empiricism as mental and moral philosophy. These courses emphasized the intellect, will, and the senses as they related to the mind (Fuchs, 2000.)