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Period: 322 to
Aristotle
Aristotle
born in Stgira 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 wor -
Period: 377 to 460
Hippocrates
Hippocrates
He was born in Greece in 460bc and dies 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
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. -
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Charles Darwin:
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 -
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Wilhelm Wundt
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 -
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William James
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
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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Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget
Born 9 August 1896 in Neuchâtel, France. Died 16 September 1980.
Interests were: Developmental Psychology, Epistemology -
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BF Skinner
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