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Period: 322 to
Aristotle born in Stagira in north Greece in 384 BC and died in 322 BC
He was trained first in medicine, and then in 367 he was sent to Athens to study
philosophy with Plato.
Aristotle is said to have written 150 philosophical treatises. The 30 that survive touch on an enormous range of philosophical problems, from biology and physics to morals to aesthetics to
politics. Many, however, are thought to be "lecture notes" instead of complete, polished treatises, and a few may not be the work of Aristotle but of
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Period: 377 to 460
Hippocrates
years swapped around because they were in BC
He was born in Greece in 460bc and died in 377bc he started science as a Physician but is better known for his work in medicine and discovering symptoms of lung cancer, lung disease and cyanotic lung disease. -
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Rene Descartes
Life Span: born March 31st 1596 in Touraine, France - Died February 11th, 1650 in Stockholm Sweden Country: France Field of science: Mathenatican/philospher Contribution to Psychology: developed the idea that anything can be solved with reason. he did not believe in or approve of experiments. he relied solely on reason. URLs;http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_did_Descartes_contribute_to_psychology http://atheism.about.com/od/philosopherbiographies/p/Descartes.htm -
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Charles Darwin
Lifespan: 12 Feb 1809- 19 April 1882 Country: England Scintific Interests: Naturalist, medical educetion, Geology Psych Contributions: had a theory that all species of life descended over time from a comon ancestor
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin
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Wilhelm Wundt
Life Span: August 16th 1832- August 31st 1920.
Country: Germany
Field of science: Experimental Psychology and Physiology.
He was a physician, psychologist, physiologist, philosopher, professor.
Contributions to Psychology: Founded the first of two experimental psychology labs. He was associated with structuralism, which includes describing the structures that compose the mind. Websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wundt
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William James
Lifespan: January 11th 1842- August 26th 1910 Field of Science: Philosopher, psychologist and a trained physician Country: America Contribution: He wrote influential books on pragmatism, psychology, educational psychology, the psychology of religious experience and mysticism
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Sigmund Freud
Was born in Austria on the 6th of may 1856-1939. He first studied medicine at the univercity of Vienna. As Freud studied medicine he worked on theories of the unconsious mind and repression, this lead to his major discovery of 'Psychoanalysis. -
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John B. Watson.
Born: January 9, 1878, Greenville Died: September 25, 1958, New York City
John majored in psychology and minored in philosophy and neurologyat the University of Chicago. His main contribution to psychology was his theory of behaviour he saw psychology as the study of people's actions with the ability to predict and control these actions. He also had his theory that children only had three basic emotions fear, rage and love. http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/watson.htm -
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Jean Piaget
Born 9 August 1896 in Neuchâtel, France. Died 16 September 1980.
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BF Skinner
Lifespan- March 20 1904-18 August 1990
Country- Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Scientific Interests and contributions- He was an inventor as well as psychologist, had two books received numerous awards and honorary degrees. http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Skinner__BF.html