Chronology of Milestones in International Psychology 521The International Psychoanalytic
Association was formed in
Nuremberg with Carl Jung as
the first president.
The Societa Italiana de Psicologia
was founded.1909191019111912191519161917A. Aall, a professor of
philosophy, founded
Norway’s first psychology
laboratory at the University
of Oslo.
The 20th anniversary
celebration of Clark
University brought together
G. Stanley Hall, William
James, and leading
Europeans. It was Freud’s
only appearance in the United
States; he called it “the first
official recognition of our
work.”The first Czech psychological
laboratory opened in Prague
at the Physiological Institute
of the School of Medicine.
The Moscow Institute of
Psychology opened at the
University of Moscow.
The first German
psychological testing center
for armed forces was
established for the selection
of World War I motor
transport drivers.
India’s first psychology
laboratory was established at
Calcutta University.
Enrique C. Arargon founded
Mexico’s first psychology
laboratory at the Autonomous
National University’s School
of Higher Studies.
Johns Hopkins University
psychologist John B. Watson
was ordered into the military
and sent to England, where
he was assigned to test
aviators for the Signal Corps.
His service almost resulted in
a court-martial when he
proclaimed his fellow
American officers
“nincompoops” and military
service as “a nightmare.”
The first Chinese
psychological laboratory was
established at Beijing
University.The first Japanese psychology journal,
Shinri Kenkyu,appeared.Danish gestalt psychologist Edgar John
Rubin published the famous “vase/two
faces” figure created by an ambiguous
figure-ground relationship.(continued )TABLE 25.1 (Continued)
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