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Famous People from History
Famous People from History
Wilhelm Wundt
He is considered the Father of Psychology. He set up first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879. He was known for training subjects in introspection and for his theory of structuralism.
William James
He is the first American psychologist. He was a student of Wundt. He also wrote the first psychology textbook. James established the psychological perspective known as functionalism.
Mary Whiton Calktins
She was a student of William James and was the first woman president of the APA
Margaret Floy Washburn
She was the first woman to receive her PH.D. in psychology.
G. Stanley Hall
Hall founded the American Psychological Association and was the first president of the APA.
Mary Whiton Calkins
She was an American psychologist and the first woman president of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Sigmund Freud
He is the father of the psychoanalytic perspective. He believed you are shaped by events from your past and our behaviors are driven by our unconscious and Id. (To learn more, head to the Personality Unit)
John B. Watson
Watson is known as the Father of behaviorism. He believed the only way to properly study thing is to observe them. His most famous experiment is the Little Albert Experiment. (To learn more, head to the Research Methods and the Learning Units.)
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov was a physiologist who studied the salivation glands of dogs. Through his work he developed the basics for Classical Conditioning. (To learn more, head to the Learning Unit.)
B. F. Skinner
Like Watson, Skinner is a firm follower of behaviorism. His life work was focused on operant conditioning as a way to support the idea that all behaviors are elicited because of reinforcements or punishments.
Abraham Maslow
Maslow is a key figurehead in the Humanistic perspective. His most important contribution was his hierarchy of needs. (To learn more, head to Personality and the Development Units.)
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers, like Maslow, is a important figure in the Humanistic perspective. He is the founder of person-centered therapy. (To learn more, head to the Therapy and Treatments Unit.)
Jean Piaget
Piaget worked with children and studied their various stages of cognitive development. His worked falls under the Cognitive perspective. (To learn more, head to the Development Unit.)
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