It is the year 2029. At the American Psychological Association's annual conference, a special keynote address commemorates the 150th anniversary of an historic event in psychology's early days. What event is celebrated in the address?

a) Calkins becoming the first female president of the APA

b) Wundt founding the first psychology laboratory

c) Titchener opening a lab at Cornell

d) Watson establishing behaviorism

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Cory Cooper

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3 February, 03:42

It is the year 2029. At the American Psychological Association's annual conference, a special keynote address commemorates the 150th anniversary of an historic event in psychology's early days. What event is celebrated in the address?

a) Calkins becoming the first female president of the APA

b) Wundt founding the first psychology laboratory

c) Titchener opening a lab at Cornell

d) Watson establishing behaviorism

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Ibrahim Hayes · Answer 1

b) Wundt founding the first psychology laboratory

Explanation:

Wundt was the father of experimental psychology. He was the first person who established a psychology laboratory in Leipzig in 1879. Wundt was the first german psychologist who took psychology as an independent discipline from philosophy. He was also called the father of psychology. G Stanley Hall was a student of Wundt who established another experimental psychology laboratory in the united states. After Stanley hall, William James established another laboratory in Harvard university.