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1874: Wrote landmark textPrinciples of
PhysiologicalPsychology; used scientific methods.
o Wilhelm Wundt
Established the first psychology lab at the University of Leipzig.
o Edward B. Titchener § Developed structuralism
o William James Created Functionalism
o G. Stanley Hal founded the American Psychological Association (APA)
Denied earned Ph.D. in psychology from
o Mary Whiton Calkins Harvard. Researched dreams, memory, and
personality.
First female-elected president of the American PsychologicalAssociation.
First American woman to earn an official Ph.D. in psychology in United
States.
o Margaret Floy Washburn
Pursued the scientific study of mental processes of different
animal species (The Animal Mind, 1908)
First Black American to receive a Ph.D. in psychology, awarded
o Francis C. Sumner (1895-1954)
by Clark University in 1920.
Studies ended segregation
o Mamie Phipps and Kenneth Clark Collaborated on research on negative effects of racial discrimination
Founded Northside Center for Childhood Development in Harlem, NYC.
Emphasized the role of unconscious conflicts in determining
behavior and personality.
§ Posited that psychoanalysis is a personality theory and form of
psychotherapy
o Sigmund Freud
§ Suggested behavior and personality influenced by unconscious,
, often sexual and aggressive, conflicts.
Had powerful influence on later theories of psychology and
a distinct form of psychotherapy
Russian physiologist.
o Ivan Pavlov
Demonstrated that dogs could learn to associate a neutral
stimulus with an automaticbehavior.
o John Watson how behavior is acquired and modified in response to environmental
influences.
Used reinforcement or punishment to systematically shape the
o B.F. Skinner
behavior of rats and pigeons.
Emphasized the person's conscious experiences, unique
potential for psychological growth and self-direction, self-
determination, free will, and the importance of choice in
o Carl Rogers
human behavior.
Suggested humanistic psychology differs significantly from
psychoanalysis andbehaviorism.
o Abraham Maslow § Emphasized the importance of psychological growth in his theory of
motivation.
Nature o the genetic shape who we are
Nurture o environmental influences who me are