Events in the Middle East
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1020 - Avicenna described function of the brain
1906 - Psychology appears in the curriculum in Egypt
1908 - Cairo University introduced psychology as a minor subject
1916 - Complete account of E Thorndike's studies published in Egypt
1928 - First empirical psychological research on 4,000 school children in Egypt
1929 - First professor of Psychology in Egypt
1930 - First psychological laboratory at the Higher Institute of Education of Cairo established
1934 - First psychological clinical in Egypt at the Higher Institute of Education
1938 - First psychological laboratory experimental psychology textbook
1948 - Egyptian Association for Psychological Studies founded
1950 - Israel Psychological Association established
1950 - Psychology program founded in Iran
1951 - Israeli Institute of Applied Social Research opened in Jerusalem
1953 - Testing and Vocational Guidance Unit at the US Technical Operation Mission in Tehran established
1956 - Clinical practice of psychologists in Egypt regulated
1957 - First academic department of psychology in Israel
1957 - Psychology education introduced in Saudi Arabia
1959 - First psychology department at the National Teacher's College in Tehran, Iran
1959 - Israeli Psychological Association founded
1963 - First psychology department in Iran established at the University of Tehran
1965 - First clinical psychology course in Iran
1966 - Department of Psychology and Education established at Kuwait University
1968 - Psychological Association of Iran established
1971 - First Arab Conference of Psychology
1973 - The Qatar College of Education introduced psychology as a separate discipline
1974 - Egyptian Association for Psychological Societies published first volume of the Egyptian Yearbook of Psychology
1974 - First psychology departments in Egypt established at Cairo, Alexandria, and Ain Shams Universities
1977 - The Law of Psychologists regulates the profession of psychologist in Israel
1982 - Academy of Arabic Language in Cairo approves a dictionary of psychological terms
1988 - Israel Quarterly of Psychology published
1992 - Approximately 2,500 people are working as psychologists in Israel
1995 - Iranian Psychological Association established
1995 - The Jordanian Psychological Association is established
1997 - Iranian Association of Psychology formed
1998 - Psychology in the Arab countries, edited by R A Ahmed and U P Gielen published
1998 - Yemeni Association for Mental Health established
2002 - African Association for Guidance and Counseling launched
2002 - Iranian Association of Clinical Psychology formed
2003 - Emirates Psychological Association (EPA) founded
2003 - First Middle East and North Africa Regional Conference of Psychology (MENARCP)
2003 - Lebanese Psychological Association founded
2003 - Middle East Applied Behaviour Analysis Conference in Bahrain
2004 - Middle East Association for Behavior Analysis (MEABA) founded
2007 - Second Middle East and North Africa Regional Conference of Psychology (MENARCP)
2007 - Second Middle East and North Africa Regional Conference of Psychology (MENARCP2)