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founder of psychoanalysis
human behavior= unconscious memories, thoughts and urges
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Sigmund Freud
founder of psychoanalysis
human behavior= unconscious memories, thoughts and urges
William James
Functionalism: mental activities= how to fit in environment
B.F Skinner
punishment= major factor of behavior
Ivan Pavlov
conditioned reflex
learned behavior
John Watson
founder of behaviorism
Observed behavior and got it under control
Renee Descartes
Soul (mind) body separation
behaviors were based on the nervous system
John Locke
tabula rasa (blank slate) at birth
develop ideas through experiences
Wilhelm Wundt
father of psychology
introspection: examination of own conscious experience s\
- structuralism
Edward Titchener
wandts student
brought structuralism to America
Objective introspection could be used on thoughts and physical sensations
Margaret Floy Washburn
first woman to receive a PhD in psychology
Book: The Animal Mind
Mary Calkins
First female president of the APA 1905
believed self is a conscious
Kenneth Clark/ Mamie Phipps Clark
Educational psychologists whose work was evidence in the landmark court case of Brown vs. Board of Education
Mary Cover Jones
"mother of behavior therapy"; used classical conditioning to help "Peter" overcome fear of rabbits
got rejected from harvard
Martin Seligman
Conducted experiments with dogs that led to the concept of "learned helplessness"
Carl Rogers
1902-1987; Field: humanistic; Contributions: founded person-centered therapy, theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth, unconditional positive regard, fully functioning person