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Important Psychologi
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| William Wundt | founder of modern psychology; opened the first psychology lab |
| Carl Rogers | developed client-centered therapy; importance of acceptance, genuineness, and empathy |
| John B. Watson | founder of behaviorism (observable prediction and control) |
| B.F. Skinner | American; developed fundamental principles & techniques of operant conditioning |
| Ivan Pavlov | russian; famous for discovery of classical conditioning (dog experiment) |
| William James | First American psychologist and author of first Psychology Textbook |
| Jean Piaget | introduced a stage theory of cognitive development --> better understanding of children |
| Abraham Maslow | proposed hierarchy of needs |
| Kenneth & Mamie Clark | researchers who's work was used in the Brown v.s Board of education case that overturned segregation in schools |
| Sigmund Freud | founder of Psychoanalysis - repression / dreaming wish fulfillment theory |
| Edward B. Titchener | founder of structuralism |
| Linda Bartoshuk | psychologist who discovered "supertasters" |
| William Dement | sleep researcher who coined the term "rapid eye movement (REM)" |