Established the first psychology laboratory. Measured time it took for people to hit a button after hearing a ball hit a platform
Wilhelm Wundt
15
Functionalism. He believed that consciousness serves a function that is adaptive. Influenced by Charles Darwin
William James
15
He used structuralism to learn about the mind, engaging people with self-reflective introspection.
Edward Titchener
15
The first woman to receive a psychology Ph.D., she synthesized animal behavior research in The Animal Mind (1908).
Margaret Floy Washburn
15
A distinguished memory research who was denied a degree from Harvard despite completing all requirements, she was the APA's first female president
Mary Whiton Calkins
15
This psychologist emphasized the ways our unconscious mind and childhood experiences affect behavior
Sigmund Freud
15
Known for the Little Albert experiment, which demonstrated that a child could be conditioned to fear a previously neutral stimulus
John Watson
15
This person studied operant conditioning by conducting experiments using animals which he placed in an operant conditioning chamber which is named after him
B.F. Skinner (experiment= Skinner box)
15
Believed that natural selection shapes behaviors as well as bodies
Charles Darwin
15
Russian physiologist who pioneered the study of learning, known primarily for his work in classical conditioning.
Ivan Pavlov
15
law of effect (rewarded behavior is likely to recur)
Edward Thorndike
15
Observational learning, Bobo the clown experiment
Albert Bandura
15
humanistic personality theory emphasizes the importance of the self-actualizing tendency in forming a self-concept.
Carl Rogers
15
Best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.
Abraham Maslow
15
Developmental psychology; Placed human infants into a "strange situation" in order to examine attachment to parents
Mary Ainsworth
15
Believed each developmental stage is a conflict that must be resolved. Proposed 8 stages of Psychosocial development beginning with Trust v. Mistrust, etc.
