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He was the psychologist who disagreed with the structuralist approach was Harvard university professor. He was the first American psychologist.
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Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov fueled a move in psychology toward an interest in observable behaviors and away from the self examination of inner ideas.
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He was an Austrian physician, in 1900 he introduced the world to psychoanalysis.
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Introduced structuralism,the first major school of thought in psychology. Just as a chemist tries to understand the different elements in chemical compounds.
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German philosopher and physiologist. Father of psychology conducted experiments of perceptions, sensations, and feelings using introspection.
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wanted psychology to move in more experimental direction and to that he end he launched behaviorism.
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Austrian psychoanalyst, Melanie Klein reached academic fame in the early 20th century for her work on psychoanalytic child psychology.
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Humanistic psychology led by Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.
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Swiss biologist and psychologist Jean Piaget is another pioneer he is best known for his work on how children develop their thinking abilities.
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Her work with children showed that African American children became aware of their racial identity at about three years old. She found that many African American children who where tested and informed they had a learning disability or disabled were diagnosed incorrectly due to biased psychological testing.
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Humanistic psychology led by Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, rejected the idea that humans are controlled by a series of rewards and reinforcements.
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In the years since this school of thought has been modified some what by other behaviorists such as B.F Skinner.
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Suinn has conducted extensive research in the areas of sport psychology, behaviors and ethnic minority