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Margaret Floy Washburn
Margaret Waashburn was the first woman in America to recieve a PhD in Psychology.She studied at Cornell University where she recieved her prestigous degree. She is significant because of her discrimination in the psychology field due to her gender. She overcame all the obstables she had been faced with and became the second APA president in 1921. Washburn paved the way for women to be dominant in the field of psychology today ! -
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Twentieth Century Psychology
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Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov was responsible for discovering the apsect of conditioning around 1910. He studied this with dogs to test his theory. This opened the door to many studies that would be completed regarding reaction and nerves. It was the first of many and a break through sin the field of psychology. Conditioning relates to today's life style because most decisions are based on reaction and emotion rather the logic. -
John B. Watson
Watson, first got his master degree which led to a Ph.D in psychology. There he was able to form his own ideas including the major one of behaviorism. He studied this by comparing aniamsls to humans and concluding human were just more complex animals.He was the first psychologist to focus on behavior and not just trained learning. In todays world, when psychologist study an person, their behavior is the first thing they look at. -
Noam Chomksy
Chomsky was first introduced to linguistics during his college days at the university of Pennsylvania. His professor suggested to him that he should study the structure of language and he did. He began to relate language into biology and psychology. His contributions were important because it started a cloud of universal languages. Many linguists after him thoroughly studied his work and put his ideals in action. -
Abraham Maslow
Maslow researched humans beyond the Freudian theory and behaviorism and discovered a hireachy of needed that need to be fulfilled in order for humans to properly function as organisms. He created four levels: Physical,Safety,Love,Esteem and Self Actualization.This became universal not just in psychology but raising children as it is still used today. -
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers introduced the idea of psychotherapy in the 1950's. He believed that patients should be allow to find solutions for themselves rather than opposing and un-biased solution to a unfamiliar situation. Most people know how they operate and know what works and what doesnt. HIs theory changed the way people diagnose and treat patients through psychology. Rogers idea to guide instead of preach is still commonly used today. -
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget researched the reason behind cognitive development in children. He first made this discovery while conducting french intelligence test. His suspicion was raised when the kids got most of the questions wrong, Piagt began to study this through his own children and his hypothesis proved to be true. This evidence is crucial today in childrens learning and child development since it had been waived off prior to his research. -
Edward Thorndike
Thorndike's major contributon to Psychology was the aspect of re-inforcement. In order to complete his Psychology degree, he researched Aninmal Intelligence, by taking chicks at the beginning and progressing on to cats and dogs to further his research. He won many awards and continued to study mental testing until his death. By studying animals, he began to have an idea about mental processes in human as well that are still used today. -
B.F. Skinner
Skinner, extended the research of Pavlov and concluded that animals respond to awards given to similiar behaiviors that arent exactly the desired ones. This is also apart of the learning process that children use to learn new words or "correct behaviors" . Skinner was also a strict behaviorist who believed actions didnt happen without punishment or reward. His vision partially remains true today seeming as most do something knowing the punishment or embracing the reward.
