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Period: 500 to Sep 8, 600
The Greeks
In the 5th and 6th century B.C. Greeks begin to study the behavior of humans. -
Sep 8, 1500
1500's
In the 1500's the people of the Renaissance used the idea of experimentation through observation. -
Sep 8, 1500
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
In the mid 1500's he published the idea that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe. -
Sep 8, 1500
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
He used the telescope to make predicitons about star positioning and movement, based off of the work of Copernicus. -
17th century
During the 17th century, dualism - the concept of the mind being seperate from the body, was studied. -
Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
He believed that the mind controlled the body's movements, sensations, and perceptions. -
William James
the father of psychology who wrote the first textbook on this topic. His main concern was functionalists -
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)
He established modern psychology as a seperate and formal field of study. -
cells
During th 19th century, biologists announced the discovery of cells as buliding blocks of life. -
Sir Francis Galton
Was a mathematician and scientist who used heredity to describe human behaviors. -
Sigmund Freud
was a physician who became interested in the the unconscience mind -
Humanistic Psychology
Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, and Rollo May believed that human nature was evolving and sefl directed. -
Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936)
A Russian physiologist who charted a course for psychological understanding and investagation. -
John B. Watson (1878-1958)
A physcologist that solidified the behaviorist position - that psychology should concern itself only with the observable facts of behavior. -
Sociocultural Psychology
The most recent approach to psychology studies the influence of cultural and ethnic similrities and differences on behavior as well as social functioning.