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===Developments to the present===
===Developments to the present===
[[Image:FMRI.jpg |right|thumb|200px| Example of the modern imaging techinque of fMRI which has revolutionized psychology]]
In addition to cognitive psychology social psychology was also coming into its own. [[Stanley Milgram]] published his works on the [[Milgram experiment]] which demonstrated that normal individuals would obey an authority figure and endanger the health and life of other people. This was also linked to [[Philip Zimbardo]]'s work on the [[Stanford Prison]] experiment demonstrating the ability for college students to quickly turn into torturers. Other important concepts such as [[diffusion of responsibility]] and [[cognitive dissonance]] were being put developed in experimental laboratories. In the 1970s [[E.O. Wilson]] published his book on [[sociobiology]], this work as well as much of the work in social psychology got picked up by researchers with a strong biologic and evolutionary influence. It ultimately emerged as the field of [[Evolutionary Psychology]] in the late 1980's and is currently one of the most hotly contested and productive areas of psychological research.
In addition to cognitive psychology social psychology was also coming into its own. [[Stanley Milgram]] published his works on the [[Milgram experiment]] which demonstrated that normal individuals would obey an authority figure and endanger the health and life of other people. This was also linked to [[Philip Zimbardo]]'s work on the [[Stanford Prison]] experiment demonstrating the ability for college students to quickly turn into torturers. Other important concepts such as [[diffusion of responsibility]] and [[cognitive dissonance]] were being put developed in experimental laboratories. In the 1970s [[E.O. Wilson]] published his book on [[sociobiology]], this work as well as much of the work in social psychology got picked up by researchers with a strong biologic and evolutionary influence. It ultimately emerged as the field of [[Evolutionary Psychology]] in the late 1980's and is currently one of the most hotly contested and productive areas of psychological research.