considered one of the “Fathers of psychology” He established the first formal psychology laboratory in 1879. He was also the first person to refer to himself as a psychologist, further recognizing psychology as its own field.

Brought psych to the US and established functionalism. Additionally he wrote the well known book titled “Principles of Psychology" and he established the James-Lange theory of emotions.

He created the foundations for a lot of concepts that are still used in modern psychology. These concepts included things like Empiricism, his views on consciousness, and the idea of Tabula Rasa or “Blank slate” in reference to where the mind starts.

Psycho-analytical Psychologist who created the psychosexual stages along with Id, Ego, and Superego

Analytical Psychology, created the idea of personality archetypes and believed in the collective unconcious

Neo-Freudian who disagreed with Freud and created the idea of womb envy to counter the idea of penis envy

Founder of Humanistic Psychology and created person centered therapy.

Ran the Bobo doll experiment (Observational Learning) and also created the idea of Reciprocal Determinism in regards of personality

Humanistic Psychologist who created the Hierarchy of needs and the idea of self actualization.

Did work on learning , run the maze running rats experiment which was contrary to Skinners of reinforcement.

Created Cognitive mediational theory and the daily hassles stress inventory

Coined the term "Fight or Flight" and developed the idea of homeostasis

Coined the term "Eustress" and created General Adaptation Syndrome caused by prolonged stress

Russian Physiologist who, through accidental experimentation with dogs created classical conditioning

Using the work of Edward Thorndike created Operant conditioning which uses reinforcement as a means.

Behaviorist who ran the Little Albert Experiment, a famous experiment in regards to Classical Conditioning

Did work regarding tase aversion which is conditioning to dislike certain foods due to negative connotation - usually vomiting

Known for the idea of positive psychology, and the benefits of optimism. Also created the idea of Learned helplessness

Created the "Law of effect" which paved the way for Skinner and operant conditioning.

Trait theorist who worked on personality and believed it stemmed from common factors or traits that people had.

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Famous Psychologists

Term	Definition
Wilhelm Wundt	considered one of the “Fathers of psychology” He established the first formal psychology laboratory in 1879. He was also the first person to refer to himself as a psychologist, further recognizing psychology as its own field.
William James	Brought psych to the US and established functionalism. Additionally he wrote the well known book titled “Principles of Psychology" and he established the James-Lange theory of emotions.
John Locke	He created the foundations for a lot of concepts that are still used in modern psychology. These concepts included things like Empiricism, his views on consciousness, and the idea of Tabula Rasa or “Blank slate” in reference to where the mind starts.
Sigmund Freud	Psycho-analytical Psychologist who created the psychosexual stages along with Id, Ego, and Superego
Carl Jung	Analytical Psychology, created the idea of personality archetypes and believed in the collective unconcious
Karen Horney	Neo-Freudian who disagreed with Freud and created the idea of womb envy to counter the idea of penis envy
Carl Rogers	Founder of Humanistic Psychology and created person centered therapy.
Albert Bandura	Ran the Bobo doll experiment (Observational Learning) and also created the idea of Reciprocal Determinism in regards of personality
Abraham Maslow	Humanistic Psychologist who created the Hierarchy of needs and the idea of self actualization.
Edward Tolman	Did work on learning , run the maze running rats experiment which was contrary to Skinners of reinforcement.
Richard Lazarus	Created Cognitive mediational theory and the daily hassles stress inventory
Walter Cannon	Coined the term "Fight or Flight" and developed the idea of homeostasis
Hans Selye	Coined the term "Eustress" and created General Adaptation Syndrome caused by prolonged stress
Ivan Pavlov	Russian Physiologist who, through accidental experimentation with dogs created classical conditioning
B.F. Skinner	Using the work of Edward Thorndike created Operant conditioning which uses reinforcement as a means.
John Watson	Behaviorist who ran the Little Albert Experiment, a famous experiment in regards to Classical Conditioning
John Garcia	Did work regarding tase aversion which is conditioning to dislike certain foods due to negative connotation - usually vomiting
Martin Seligman	Known for the idea of positive psychology, and the benefits of optimism. Also created the idea of Learned helplessness
Edward Thorndike	Created the "Law of effect" which paved the way for Skinner and operant conditioning.
Hans Eysneck	Trait theorist who worked on personality and believed it stemmed from common factors or traits that people had.

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