Sensory deprivation (Sendep) or perceptual isolation[1] is the deliberate reduction or removal of stimuli from one or more of the senses. Simple devices such as blindfolds or hoods and earmuffs can cut off sight and hearing, while more complex devices can also cut off the sense of smell, touch, taste, thermoception (heat-sense), and 'gravity'.
The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing by Damion Searls. Look at the ink blots and tell me what you see. Itâs how millions of psychological tests have started for the best part of the past century.
1883 The first laboratory of psychology in America is established at Johns Hopkins University. 1885 Herman Ebbinghaus introduced the nonsense syllable as a means to study memory processes. 1886 Sigmund Freud began performing therapy in Vienna, marking the beginning of personality theory.1890 The term âMental Testsâ was coined by James Cattell, beginning the specialization in psychology now known as psychological assessment.r. Christopher L. Heffner August 23, 2014 History of Psychology (387 BC to Present) 2014-10-30T17:47:50+00:00. 387 BC Plato suggested that the brain is the mechanism of mental processes. 335 BC Aristotle suggested that the heart is the mechanism of mental processes.