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Gustav Fechner - Absolute Threshhold/ Differential Threshhold
had a connection about the mind and body, came up with the concept of absolute threshhold, differential thresholds -
Herbert Spencer -The Principles of Psychology
later used by willliam james as first textbook in psychology course at Harvard -
Charles Darwin - On the Origin of Species
published theory of evolution, On the Origin of Species -
Ebbinghaus - Learning and Memory
first to experiment on learnign and memory in humans, 3 years before wundt's labratory he purchesed the book Elements of Psychophysics altering his thinking -
Wilhelm Wundt - Leipzig laboratory
created the first experimental psychology labratory in Germany -
G. Stanley Hall - APA Founder
founded the American Journal of Psychology -
William James - Functional Psychology
"psychology is a science of mental life" phenomena and conditions described in detail as key terms -
C. Lloyd Morgan - Law of Parsimony
created law of parsimony from a simular concept off of Wundt's work -
Edward B. Tichener - An outline of Psychology
first book published An outline of Psychology, created the school of thought known as structuralism alongside Wundt -
Lightner Witmer - Clinical Psych
first psychology clinic available -
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More Books - Tichener
four volume Experimental Psychology: a manual of labratory practice, Princicples of Physiological Psychology, -
John Dewey - Reflex Arc
article "The Reflex Arc Concept of Psychology" published in psychological review -
Thorndike - Law of Effect
created the now well known law of effect, later to be used by Pavlov in creating his law of reinforcement -
Pavlov - Law of Reinforcement
established the law of reinforcement -
John Watson - Chair of Psychological Review
became the chair of the Psychological Review after Baldwin stepped down 1915 -
Watson and McDougall Debate
met at the psychology club in Washington D.C., 464 APA members present, McDougall declared winner -
Karl Lashley - Brain Mechs and Intelligence
developed the law of mass action as well as equipotentiality in his book "Brain Mechanisms and Intelligence"
