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7536822554Wilhelm Wundt-Father of Structuralism "Father of psychology" (established the first psychology laboratory in Germany) - study of mental processes - introspection0
7536822555E. B. TitchnerWundt's student Brought Structuralism to the USA1
7536822556Max Wertheimer-Gestalt Psychologist -Argued against dividing human thought and behavior into discrete structures -examine a person's total experience -the way we we experience the world is more than perception2
7536822557William James-founder of functionalism - studied how humans use perception to function in our environment3
7536822558Margaret Floy Washburn-First woman to earn PhD in Psych4
7536822559Mary Whiton Calkins-Student of William James -Became first female President of APA Completed PhD at Harvard- didn't receive5
7536822560John B. Watson-Behavorist - Little Albert6
7536822561Ivan Pavlov-behavorist -Classical Conditioning - trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell7
7536822562B.F. Skinner-Behaviorist - Operant conditioning - Trained pigeons and rats8
7536822564Jean Piaget-Cognitive Development - Devleoped stage theory of cognitive development9
7536822566Lawrence Kohlberg-Moral Development - Stage theory of moral development10
7536822567Sigmund Freud-Father of psychoanalysis - Believed that unconscious drives and desires guided people's actions.11
7536822569Abraham Maslow-Humanistic - "Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization"12
7536822570Carl Rogers-humanistic - founded client-centered therapy - emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth, unconditional positive regard13
7536822576Stanley MilgramObedience to authority - had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants -milgram experiment14
7536822581Francis Galton- developed the statistical concept of correlation - first to demonstrate "normal distribution" could be applied to intelligence15
7536822583Charles DarwinEvolution by "natural selection" (the weaker die out) - wrote On the Origin of Species16
7536822584Phineas GageRailroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior - case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function17

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