People of psychology
Socrates - proposed the expression “know thyself” 2500 year ago. Suggested
introspection. Pointed out that people are social creatures who influence one another.
Aristotle - created the 5 senses. Argued science couldnationally treat only information
from the senses. Explored nature of cause and effect. Lived 2400 years ago. Pointed out
that people differ from other living things in their capacity for national thought. Outlined
laws of associations that have lain at the heart of learning theory for more than two
millennia. Declared that people are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain.
Democritus - 400 BCE. Suggested that we could think of behavior in terms of a body and
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a mind. Pointed out that our behavior is influenced by external stimulation. First to raise
the question of free will or choice.
Gustav Theodore Fechner - published “ Elements of Psychophysics “ which showed how
physical events stimulate psychological sensations and perception.
Wilhelm Wundt - founder of structuralism, attempted to break down condos experience
into sensations such as sight, taste, emotions, and mental imagery.
William James - wrote the first modern psychology textbook in 1890. “ I wished, by
treating psychology ' like a natural science to help her become one”
B. F. Skinner - (1904-1990) also contributed to behaviorism. Belivied that organisms
learned to behave in certain ways.
John Broadus Watson - (1878-1958) the founder of American behaviorism.
Max Wertheimer , Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Kohler - founders of gestalt psychology
who left Europe to escape Nazi threat.
Sigmund Freud - the founder of psychoanalysis.
Charles Darwin - British nationalist in the mid 19th century who presented his
theory that the animal and plant species that occupy the world today have
evolved from earlier species.
Mary Whiton Calkins - one of the pioneer women that taught the male centered biased in
psychology.
Socrates - proposed the expression “know thyself” 2500 year ago. Suggested
introspection. Pointed out that people are social creatures who influence one another.
Aristotle - created the 5 senses. Argued science couldnationally treat only information
from the senses. Explored nature of cause and effect. Lived 2400 years ago. Pointed out
that people differ from other living things in their capacity for national thought. Outlined
laws of associations that have lain at the heart of learning theory for more than two
millennia. Declared that people are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain.
Democritus - 400 BCE. Suggested that we could think of behavior in terms of a body and
-
a mind. Pointed out that our behavior is influenced by external stimulation. First to raise
the question of free will or choice.
Gustav Theodore Fechner - published “ Elements of Psychophysics “ which showed how
physical events stimulate psychological sensations and perception.
Wilhelm Wundt - founder of structuralism, attempted to break down condos experience
into sensations such as sight, taste, emotions, and mental imagery.
William James - wrote the first modern psychology textbook in 1890. “ I wished, by
treating psychology ' like a natural science to help her become one”
B. F. Skinner - (1904-1990) also contributed to behaviorism. Belivied that organisms
learned to behave in certain ways.
John Broadus Watson - (1878-1958) the founder of American behaviorism.
Max Wertheimer , Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Kohler - founders of gestalt psychology
who left Europe to escape Nazi threat.
Sigmund Freud - the founder of psychoanalysis.
Charles Darwin - British nationalist in the mid 19th century who presented his
theory that the animal and plant species that occupy the world today have
evolved from earlier species.
Mary Whiton Calkins - one of the pioneer women that taught the male centered biased in
psychology.
