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Pioneers in Psychology
Pioneers in psychology and their respective contributions to the field.
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/03/2013

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Wilhelm Wundt
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Structuralism
- What does the human mind contain?
- Studied ideas, concepts, values, attitude
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William James
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Functionalism
- How does the human mind function/process info?
- Studied problem solving, creativity and concept formation
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Ivan Pavlev and John Watson
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Behaviorism
- Believed humans were shaped by everything around them
- Studied the behavior of dogs and very young children
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
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Master of Memory
- How does the human mind store information?
- Studied amnesia, forgetting curve and memory retention
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Max Wertheimer
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Gestalt Psychology
- How do humans perceive stimuli differently from one another?
- Studied the perception of humans and found that every one is unique
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Sigmund Freud
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Psychoanalysis
- What lies within the unconscious mind?
- Used methods of hypnosis and sometimes Sodium Pentathol "truth serum"
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Alfred Binet
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IQ Test
- Developed first standardized method to analyze human intelligence
- Called this value the "Intelligence Quotient" (IQ)
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