FAMOUS PSYCHOLOGISTS

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    Ivan Pavlov

    Russian Physiologist
    Conditional Reflexes
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    Hermann Ebbinghaus

    German Psychologist. First described Learning and Forgetting curve
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    Alfred Adler

    Austrian Psychotherapist. Heavily influenced the school of psychotherapy.

  • Hermann Ebbinghaus completes Ph.D. at University of Bonn

    A dissertation on Eduard von Hartmann's 'Philosophy of the Unconscious.
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    Carl Jung

    Swiss psychiatrist, analysed dreams,
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    Max Wertheimer

    Czech Pschologist. Co-creator of Gestalt Psychology
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    Hermann Rorschach

    Psychometrics. Rorscach Inkblot Test. Switzerland

  • Hermann Ebbinghaus publishes 'Memory. A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

    Above title is the later translation of the original, Uber das Gedachtnis. First to actively discuss the learning curve
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    Wolfgang Köhler

    German Phenomenonologist. Contributed to creation of Gestalt Theory

  • Ivan Pavlov publishes 'The Work of the Digestive Glands '

    Understanding how the digestive system works. Analyses behaviours of dogs when presented with food.
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    Erik Erikson

    Danish-German-American psychoanalyst.
    Coined Identity Crisis

  • Nobel Prize awarded to Ivan Pavlov

    Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work on the Digestive System
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    Burrhus Frederic Skinner

    American behaviorist. Invented 'Operant Conditioning Chamber'
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    Abraham Maslow

    American Humanist Psychologist.
    Created Hierachy of Needs.
    Taoist.

  • Wolfgang Kohler Ph.D. at University of Berlin

    Addressed Psychoacoustics

  • Psychology of the Unconscious published by Carl Jung

    Analysed stages of Schizophrenia

  • Carl Jung begins writing the Red Book

    The Red Book is a series of notes which details his experiences with his unconscious. Possibly schizophrenic

  • Hermann Rorschach marries

    Marries Olga Stempelin, and moves to Russia. Has a son and daughter.

  • Wolfgang Kohler published 'The Mentality of Apes'

    'The Mentality of Apes' was the analysis of problem solving abilities in chimpanzees.

  • Inkblot Test Developed Hermann Rorschach

    The basis which led to the development of the Inkblot Test was formulated and theorized.

  • Max Wertheimer marries Anna Caro

    Marries whilst teaching at University of Berlin.

  • Alfred Adler publishes Understanding Human Nature

    One of Alfred Adler's many publications.

  • Abraham Maslow marries 1st cousin.

    He married his first cousin Bertha in Wisconsin

  • B.F. Skinner invents Operant Conditioning Chamber

    Invented when studying at Harvard. Sometimes called the Skinner Box. Used for experiments on small rodents and animals.

  • Graduated from Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute Erik Erikson

    Graduated, then fled from Germany because of the Nazis were persecuting the Jewish. He was Jewish.

  • Max Wertheimer reaches New York

    Max Wertheimer and family get to New York harbour

  • Alfred Adler developed provisional 'types' for social behaviour

    Despite not liking categorizing people, Adler understood the need to outline social behaviour

  • B.F. Skinner publishes Verbal Behaviour

    Analyses the behaviour and structure of the spoken language.

  • Abraham Maslow named Humanist of the Year

    American Humanist Assosciation for identifing the third force

  • National Endowment for the Humanities selects Erik Erikson for lecture

    National Endowment for the Humanities selected Erikson for the Jefferson Lecture. Lecture was "Dimensions of a New Identity".