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The Wednesday Psychological Society begins meeting in Freud's Vienna rooms in 1902

In 1902 the Wednesday Psychological Society began in Freud's rooms. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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In 1902 the Wednesday Psychological Society began in Freud's rooms. The instrument is that hosted circle, not a ministry of psychology and not the later IPA. Sigmund Freud's documented role is: He hosted the circle. Members were not employees. Later IPA statutes are a different instrument.

Context

Adler is among early named sitters. Sharing the room with unnamed physicians is required. The 1911 break is a different row. The setting of The Wednesday Psychological Society begins meeting in Freud's Vienna rooms in 1902 is the public file around 1902-10-01. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of The Wednesday Psychological Society begins meeting in Freud's Vienna rooms in 1902. Naming Sigmund Freud does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1902-10-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Improving path from The Wednesday Psychological Society begins meeting in Freud's Vienna rooms in 1902 on 1902-10-01. A regular research circle is a cohesion path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Sigmund Freud

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.48 · verified

    He hosted the circle. Members were not employees. Later IPA statutes are a different instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Wednesday Psychological Society begins meeting in Freud's Vienna rooms in 1902
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 1 October 1902 · verified

    A regular research circle is a cohesion path.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna — Berggasse 19 neighbourhoodSigmund Freud Museum Vienna · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Freud Museum London — Freud biography and early clinical booksFreud Museum London · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna — Berggasse 19 neighbourhood at https://www.freud-museum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna). Independent locator: Freud Museum London — Vienna circle neighbourhood at https://www.freud.org.uk/ (opens in a new tab) (Freud Museum London). Official carrier: Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna — Berggasse 19 neighbourhood (https://www.freud-museum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab); Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna). Independent carrier: Freud Museum London — Vienna circle neighbourhood (https://www.freud.org.uk/ (opens in a new tab); Freud Museum London).

Established: a sourced public record of The Wednesday Psychological Society begins meeting in Freud's Vienna rooms in 1902 under 1902-10-01 for Sigmund Freud. Established: a sourced public record of The Wednesday Psychological Society begins meeting in Freud's Vienna rooms in 1902 under 1902-10-01.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Formal VPS statutes sit in a later year if stored at all. Mixed effects of The Wednesday Psychological Society begins meeting in Freud's Vienna rooms in 1902 are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorSigmund Freud
  2. contributed toFactThe Wednesday Psychological Society begins meeting in Freud's Vienna rooms in 1902
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Wednesday Psychological Society begins meeting in Freud's Vienna rooms in 1902. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-wednesday-1902

https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-wednesday-1902

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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