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Psychology History

  • Marmaduke B. Sampson

    Marmaduke B. Sampson
    Believed behavior was based on the shape of the head; this belief came from a German physician named Franz Joseph Gall, in 1796.
  • William James

    William James
    Taught the first psychology class at Harvard University.
  • Wilhelm Wundt

    Wilhelm Wundt
    Started his Laboratory of Psychology in Leipzing, Germany.
  • William James

    William James
    Wrote the first psychology textbook entitled "The Principles of Psychology".
  • Sigmund Freud

    Sigmund Freud
    Introduced the idea that you learn more from the unconscious mind, in dreams.
  • Ivan Pavlov

    Ivan Pavlov
  • Cognitive Psychology

    Cognitive Psychology
    Focuses on how we process, store, and use information. it was developed by people such as Jean Piaget, Noam Chomsky, and Leon Festinger.
  • Humanistic Psychology

    Humanistic Psychology
    Emphasizes how each person is unique; described by Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, and Rollo May.
  • Leonard Doob

    Leonard Doob
    Introduced sociocultural psychology, this is how our culture effects us.