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| 14898093577 | Gustav Fechner | 1801-1887; Field: perception; Contributions: stated that the magnitude of a sensory experience is proportionate to the # of JND's that the stimulus causing the experiences above the absolute threshold | 0 | |
| 14898093578 | Wilhelm Wundt | german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879 | 1 | |
| 14898093579 | G. Stanley Hall | first american to work for Wundt; • Founded the American Psychological Association (now largest organization of psychologists in the USA) and became first president | 2 | |
| 14898093580 | William James (1842-1910) | Published THE PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY, the science's first textbook Established the Theory of Functionalism: How mental processes function in our lives | 3 | |
| 14898093581 | Mary Calkins (1863-1930) | , whom is best known for two things: becoming the first woman president of the American Psychological Association and being denied her doctorate from Harvard. | 4 | |
| 14898093582 | Max Wertheimer (1880-1943) | The German psychologist was the originator of Gestalt psychology, which had a profound influence on the whole science of psychology. | 5 | |
| 14898093583 | Marget Washburn (1871-1939) | leading American psychologist in the early 20th century, was best known for her experimental work in animal behavior and motor theory development. She was the first woman to be granted a PhD in psychology, and the second woman, after Mary Whiton Calkins, to serve as an APA President. | 6 | |
| 14898093584 | Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) | Austrian neurologist known for his work on the unconscious mind. Father of psychoanalysis. | 7 | |
| 14898093585 | John Watson (1878-1958) | behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat | 8 | |
| 14898093586 | B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) | A behaviorist, he developed the theory of operant conditioning -- the idea that behavior is determined by its consequences, be they reinforcements or punishments, | 9 | |
| 14898093587 | Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) | discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell | 10 | |
| 14898093588 | Abraham Maslow | Humanistic psychologist known for his "Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization" | 11 | |
| 14899084202 | Edward Titchener (1867-1927) | was an English psychologist who studied under Wilhelm Wundt for several years. Titchener is best known for creating his version of psychology that described the structure of the mind: structuralism | 12 |
