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Published the idea that Earth was not the center of the universe, as was previously thought, but revolved around the sun.
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Used a telescope to confirm predictions about star position and movement based on Copernicus’s work
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disagreed, however, proposing that a link existed between mind and body
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wanted to understand how heredity influence a person’s abilities, character, and behavior
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Taught the first class in psychology at Harvard University in 1875
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a physician who practiced in Vienna until 1938, was more interested in the unconscious mind
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started his Laboratory of Psychology. To study of human behavior in a systematic and scientific manner
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charted another new course for psychological investigation
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They argued that perception is more than the sum of its parts-it involves a “whole pattern” or, in German, a Gestalt
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was that psychology should concern itself only with the observable facts of behavior. Watson further maintained that all behavior, even apparently instinctive behavior
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who introduced the concept of reinforcement. Skinner attempted to show how his laboratory techniques might be applied to society as a whole
