AP Psych -Introduction to Psychology

Psychology

The study of behavior and mental processes.

Wilhelm Wundt

Known as the father of psychology. Created the first psychology research laboratory.

William James

Taught the first psychology course at Harvard University and created functionalism.

G. Stanley Hall

One of Wundt's students, first American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology, and opened the first U.S. psychology lab.

Mary Whiton Calkins

Made significant contributions in memory research and became the first woman president of the APA.

Margaret Floy Washburn

First woman to earn a psychology degree and second female president of the APA.

Charles Darwin

Proposed natural selection and evolutionary psychology.

Dorothea Dix

Advocated for the reform of insane asylums and fair treatment of mentally ill individuals.

Sigmund Freud

Created psychoanalytic theory, focusing on unconscious motives shaping personalities.

Ivan Pavlov

Known for classical conditioning with dogs, demonstrating reflex conditioning.

Jean Piaget

Conducted a systematic study of cognitive development and created a stage theory of child cognitive development.

Carl Rogers

Founder of humanistic psychology, emphasizing Unconditional Positive Regard.

B.F. Skinner

Expanded behaviorism with operant conditioning, focusing on behaviors and consequences.

John B. Watson

Official founder of Behaviorism, advocating for scientific and observable psychology.