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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
t psych lab in America at Johns Hopkins; 1st President of the APA
A
G. Stanley Hall
B
William James
C
Dorothea Dix
D
Margaret Floy Washburn
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The 1st psychology lab in the U.S.A. was established in 1883 at Johns Hopkins University by G. Stanley Hall. By 1893, it is said that there were 20 psychology laboratories in American colleges and Universities (twice as many as in Europe), and by 1904 that number had increased to 49.

Detailed explanation-2: -APA was founded in July 1892 by a small group of men interested in what they called “the new psychology.” The group elected 31 individuals, including themselves, to membership, with G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924) as its first president.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig in 1875; his influence was widespread initially in Germany, but this spread quickly to Britain and the United States, where psychological laboratories were established along the lines of Wundt’s model in Leipzig.

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