The year 1879 might be thought of as the beginning of psychology as a science because that is the year
A) Edward Thorndike conducted his first puzzle box experiments.
B) Margaret Floy Washburn wrote The Animal Mind.
C) Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species.
D) Wilhelm Wundt developed and opened the first psychology laboratory.

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Wilhelm Wundt is considered the father of psychology for his establishment of the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879. This laboratory marked the beginning of psychology as a scientific discipline, separate from philosophy and physiology.

The Year 1879 Might Be Thought of as the Beginning