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Alfred Adler 1870-1937 |
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| World renowned philosipher and psychiatrist who developed the holistic theory of personality. |
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John Watson (1878-1958) |
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| Behaviorist, said, "Give me a dozen healthy babies..." meaning give him these babies that he could raise to become anything he wanted. |
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Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) |
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Karen Horney (1885-1952) |
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| Psychoanalyst who questioned Fruedian views. She founded feminist psychology in response to Frueds theory of penis envy. |
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Jean Piaget (1896-1980) |
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| Developmental psycholgist and philosipher. Devolped theory of cognitive development |
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Anna Freud(1895-1982) |
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| Daughter of Sigmund Freud. Cofounder of psychoanalysis which is about childhood and behavioral things. |
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Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) |
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| Created the Maslow's hierarchy of needs.a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization. |
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Willhelm Wundt(1832-1920) |
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| Was a German physician, physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one of the founding figures of modern psychology. Father of experimental psychology. |
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Carl Jung (1875-1961) |
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| Founded analytical psychology which emphasizes the primary importance of the individual psyche and the personal quest for wholeness. |
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Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909) |
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| Started the the experimental study of memory, and is known for his discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect. He was also the first person to describe the learning curve. |
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William James (1842-1910) |
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| One of the greatest figures of pragmatism, and is one of the founders of functional psychology which is your behavior adapts to your environment. |
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G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924) |
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| He was an early psychologist in the field of Anomolistic Psychology which is the study of human behaviour and experience connected with what is often called the paranormal, without the assumption that there is anything paranormal involved. |
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Edward Thorndike (1874-1949) |
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| Worked on comparative psychology and the learning process which led to the theory of connectionalism and helped lay the scientific foundation for modern educational psychology. |
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Ivan Pavlov (1848-1936) |
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Developed thepry of classical conditioning. Also furthered research on refelxes and digestive systems.
EX: Pavlov's dog, ring bell with food, dog salivates when bell is rang and there is no food. |
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BF Skinner (1904-1990) |
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| He developed the theory of operant conditioning, which says that humans have no free will and every action is a reaction of other peoples actions. |
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Erik Erikson (1902-1994) |
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| Known for theory of psychosocial development which explains eight stages through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. In each stage, the person confronts, and hopefully masters, new challenges. Each stage builds upon the successful completion of earlier stages. The challenges of stages not successfully completed may be expected to reappear as problems in the future. |
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Carl Rogers (1902-1987) |
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| One of the founders of psychotherapy research and the humanistic approach which is which says that people are essentially good and it encourages viewing ourselves as a "whole person" greater than the sum of our parts and encourages self exploration rather than the study of behavior in other people. |
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Charles Darwin (1809-1882) |
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| Theory of Evolution, humans and other animals developed from animals in the past that could still be alive today. |
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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) |
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| Founding father of psychoanalysis which is a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. |
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Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930) |
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| First woman to become president of the APA. She furthered research on dreams and memmory |
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Margaret Floy Washburn (1871-1939) |
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| Best known for her experimental work in animal behavior and motor theory development. |
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Gordon Allport (1897-1967) |
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| Founding figures of personality psychology. Contributed to the formation of value scales and rejected psychoanalytical and behavioral approach. |
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Gustov Fechner (1801-1887) |
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| Founder of psychopysics which is the relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they effect. |
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Max Wertheimer (1880-1943) |
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| One of the three founders of Gestalt psychology which is when the mind forms a global whole with self-organizing tendencies. |
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Roger Sperry (1913-1994) |
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| His main research and theory was that of the split brain which is that certain traits and skills happen in one of the two parts of the brain. |
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Edward Tolman (1886-1959) |
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| Studied behavioral psychology which is an approach to psychology that combines elements of philosophy, methodology, and theory. |
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Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987) |
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| Theory of stages of moral development which says that moral reasoning has six developmental stages. |
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Carol Gilligan (1936) |
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| Work on ethical community and relationships |
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