| Wilhelm
Wundt (1879) |
Established the first
psychology labratory at
the University of
Leipzig, Germany
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| Sigmund
Freud (1900) |
(Austria) introduced
his psychoanalytic theory
and the interpretation of
dreams.
Studied individuals
carefully, but did not do
experimental
research therefore some
of his theories were not
supported by scientific
data.
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| William
James (1890) |
Greatest American
psychologist
– "Fun to
read." Wrote ~
"Principles of
psychology"
(1890) Taught at
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| Ebbinghaus
(1885) |
The first to
scientifically study
memory. Took on a
challenge that was never
done before. People
at the time did not
believe memory was
anything you could be
scientifically studied,
they thought is was more
philosophical. – He
was the first person who
took memory and measure
it via
"savings" he
would read "Greek
Poetry" to his
children. Later he
found that his children
learned the poetry that
he read to them in fewer
trials then poems that he
had not read to them when
they were younger.
Found that at first we
forget things quickly,
then we foget things more
slowly as time goes on.
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| Mary
Calkins (1905) |
Student of William
James – Harvard
refused to give her a
Ph.D. because she was a
woman. Just before her
death Harvard was going
to give her Ph.D., but
she refused it and
effectively said
"Shove it."
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| John
Watson (1913) |
In
order for psychology to
be a strong science, it
had to study human
behavior instead of human
experience. -
Because of this, many
studies were done on
animals instead of people
because it was a simpler
to measure their
behavior.
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