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denied the existence of innate ideas, suggested that the heart is the seat of mental processes
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He came up with the scientific method. This year he published Proficiency and The Advancement of Learning
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French philosopher and mathematician who proposed mind-body interactsion and the doctrine of innate ideas, publishes a Discourse on Method
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British philosopher who rejected Descartes' notion of innate ideas and insisted that the mind at birth is a 'blank slate', publishes An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, which stresses empiricism over speculation
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publishes ON the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, synthesizing much previous work on the theory of evolution, including that of Herbert Spencer, who coined the phrase "surivival of the fittest"
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recieves from Harvard University's Department of PHilosophy the first U.S. Ph. D degree based on psychological research
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structuralism
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she created the first American Mental Asylums
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Harvard University philosopher and psychologist, publishes The Principles of Psychology describing psychology as "the science of mental life"
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spearheads the founding of American Psychologial Association (APA) and becomes its first president.
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first woman to earn a Ph.D in psychology
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becomes the first woman president of the APA
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coined term 'empathy'
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report conditioning a fear reaction in a child called "little Albert"
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believed in innate ideas, suggests that the brain is the seat of mental processes