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Jul 15, 1514
Nicolaus Copernicus
Published the idea that earth was not the center of the universe. -
Dualism
Concept that the mind and body are seperate and distinct. -
Galileo Galilei
Used a telescope to confirm predidctions about star position and movement. -
Rene Descartes
Disagreed to the concept of dualism. Believing a link exsisted between mind and body. -
Cells
Biologists discovered cells as building blocks of life. -
Sir Francis Galton
Wanted to understand how heredity influences a persons abilities character and behavior. -
William James
Taught the first class of Psychology at Harvard University. Also known as, "Father of Psychology." -
Wilhelm Wundt
Started his Laboratory of Psychology. Acknowledged as establishing modern Psychology as a seperate formal field of study. -
Inquiries into human faculty and its development.- book
Galton published this book. It's regarded as the first study of individual differences. -
The Principles of Psychology-textbook
Written by William James. Took him tweleve years to write. The first textbook of Psychology. -
Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, and Kurt Koffka
disagreed with the principles of structuralism, and behaviorism. -
Ivan Pavlov.
Charted another new course for psychological investigaton. The reflex was a response provoked by a stimulus. -
John B. Watson
Studied observable facts of behavior. -
Sigmund Freud.
Interested in the unconcious mind. -
B. F. Skinner
Introduced the concept of reinforcement. This means a response to a behavior that increases the likely hood the behavior will be repeated. -
Walden Two
A book B. F Skinner wrote. -
Humansits
Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, adn Rollo May described human nature as evolving and self-directed. -
Leonard Doob
illustrated the cultural implications of a simple, reflex behavior such as a sneeze