Psychology Websites

Many full texts available online.

A detailed timeline running from 4000 B.C. to 1997, plus a list of useful reference works and links.

Milestones in the treatment of the mentally ill, history of psychological treatments and institutions, and notable persons and publications, from the Middle Ages through 1997.

By Robert H. Wozniak, Bryn Mawr College.

An interest group within the History of Science Society, which brings together historians of economics, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and medicine.

Searchable by date or keyword.

A resource for the history of the human sciences (especially psychology) and the "experimentalization of life," archiving historical texts and images, as well as new essays. Site is in English, but much of the archived material is in German.

Features announcements, inquiries and discussion on access to historical sources and their use and interpretation.

A timeline of the development of our understanding of the brain, from 4000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.

Compares the development of the field of clinical psychology in South Africa to the rest of the world, as well as the detachment from political and race relations problems from 1994 to 2004. Page also describes the development of the field in general over the years.

Brief biographies of the all time great psychologists and their work, such as background information about Freud, Pavlov, Maslow, and Allport.

Bulletin board for posting questions and answers about these topics.

Affirmation therapy and the healing of the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. The works of the late Dr. Conrad Baars and Dr. Anna Terruwe.

Pioneered moral treatment of insane in Alabama. 1834-1892

Based at the UCLA Brain Research Institute. Identifies, collects, and preserves primary source material of twentieth century American neuroscience.

Dedicated to promoting interest, education and research in the history of the neurosciences.

Home page of the longest established print journal in the field, with tables of contents back to 1996.

An annotated bibliography of the models of human cognition of Berkeley, Burton, Hobbes, and Locke.

From the University of Dayton. Resources on many figures in the history of psychology, and history of psychology trivia.

Official site of the APA. Includes contact information for committee members, journal, list of fellows, and selected links.

Information on and readings from pioneering American psychologist William James.

Etext written by a professor in the Psychology Department at Shippensburg University, PA.

ESHHS brings together individuals interested in the history of psychology, anthropology, sociology, economy, and other human sciences.