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A Please complete the section for your Psychologist in original, complete sentences.
This can act as a review guide moving forward.
#1 - Sigmund Freud
Students Name(s) - Chase Phillips
Where was this Psychologist from?
born in Pribor, Czech Republic
died in London, U.K
When did this Psychologist live?
Mid 1800 to early 1900
What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
created psychoanalysis
Wikipedia
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
Explored the human mind and helped us have a better understanding of how the brain works
#2 - B.F. Skinner
Students Name(s) Mikala Adelman, Bandjan Tarawally
Where was this Psychologist from?
He lived in america. He later moved to New York to become a writer but he wasn't successful.
When did this Psychologist live?
B.F skinner lived from the early 1900s to the late 1900s. (1904-1990)

What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?

He was the most influential behavioral scientist, he studied ethical and humane practices.
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
Skinner is important because he evaluated the importance of human behavior
through problems such as war, lack of resources, and overpopulation. (bfskinner.org) (pbs.org)
Focused on evaluation and reaction

#3 - Ivan Pavlov
Students Name(s) -Hedaya Najar, Devin Pace
Where was this Psychologist from?
Russia (soviet union) (Wikipedia)
When did this Psychologist live?1849-1936 ( Wikipedia)

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What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology? behavioral modification,
classical conditioning( a certain response is achieved when a certain stimulus is activated) ,and
transmarginal inhibition. (Wikipedia)

Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is? Because he is famous for conditioned
reflex which is when a someone or something has a reaction that becomes automatic. For
example, when the bell rings during class everyone gathers their things and leaves. without
thinking about it, it has become an automatic response. (http://www.famousscientists.org/ivanpavlov/)

#4 - William James
Students Name(s) - Josh and Summer
Where was this Psychologist from?
Born in New York City, New York, USA
Died in New Hampshire (Wikipedia)
When did this Psychologist live?
January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910 (Wikipedia)
What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
He was one of the three American-born psychologists that started pragmatism (Wikipedia),
which is a logical way of thinking about problems based on how one deals with specific
situations instead of on ideas and theories (Websters Dictionary).
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
He was the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States and he is labeled as
the Father of American psychology. He is also cited as one of the founders for functional
psychology. (Wikipedia)

#5 - Jean Piaget
Students Name(s) - Michael Murphy
Where was this Psychologist from?
Jean was from Switzerland.
(Piaget.org)
When did this Psychologist live?
Jean lived from August 9th, 1896 to September 16, 1980.
(Piaget.org)

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What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
Jean found that the way that children think is different from the thinking of adults. His main
contributions were towards child cognitive development
(simply psychology)
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
We need to know who Jean is because, he taught us about how children think vs how adults
think. Since we know this, it is now easier to teach children and help them develop as people.

#6 - Abraham Maslow
Students Name(s) - Yordanos and Daniel
Where was this Psychologist from?
Abraham Maslow was born in Brooklyn, New York.
(wikipedia)
When did this Psychologist live?
His birthday was April 1st, 1908 and he passed away on June 8th, 1970.
(wikipedia)
What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
Abraham Maslow is most famous for Maslows Hierarchy of Needs, a theory dedicated to
prioritizing human needs. The theory helped with self actualization. (wikipedia)
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
This psychologists theory is dedicated to helping people discover themselves, and it also
carries a big part in developmental psychology and sociology. (wikipedia) His theory can help
us figure out why people, including ourselves, do the things we do.
#7 - Wilhelm Wundt
Students Name(s) Joshua Moyler and Yasoda Rijal
Where was this Psychologist from?
German.
When did this Psychologist live?
1832-1920.
What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
First to note psychology different than biology and philosophy. Father of experimental
psychology: concentrated on 3 areas of mental functioning; thoughts, images & feelings.
(Wikipedia Guided)
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
Hes the first psychologist, formed the first formal laboratory for psychology, & led the way for
cognitive psychology.

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#8 - Erik Erikson
Students Name(s) -Sarah Yonut and Cliff Madden
Where was this Psychologist from? Frankfurt, Germany

When did this Psychologist live? 1902-1994

What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?

he coined the phrase Identity Crisis, and created 8 developmental virtues.
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is? He had a pretty radical theory on
personality.
one of the originators of Ego psychology.
Works cited: Wikipedia

#9 - Carl Rogers
Students Name(s) - Nimo Khalif and Anna Smales
Where was this Psychologist from?
Carl Rogers grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He was the 4th of 6 children. His
father was a successful civil engineer and his mom was a housewife and devoted Christian.
When he was 12, he moved to a farm about 30 miles from Chicago.
When did this Psychologist live?
Carl Rogers was born in 1902 and died in 1987. He went to the University of Wisconsin and
studied as an agricultural major, but later changed to religion.

What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?

He is well known for his theory of personality development. He believed that patients should
discover the solution for themselves and was well known for emphasis on personal awareness.
He called this client centered therapy.
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
Rogers presents a different idea than most psychologists, because rather than believing people
are sick or ill, he believes mental health is a normal progression of life. He views mental
illnesses to be a distortion of that natural tendency.
Work Cited:
Psychology.About.com

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Wikipedia.com
Webspace.ship.edu
Muskingum.edu
#10 - John B. Watson
Students Name(s) - Rachel Tamburello
Where was this Psychologist from?
He grew up in South Carolina.
When did this Psychologist live?
He was born on January 9, 1878 and died on September 25, 1958.
What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
He taught on Psychology at Columbia University. The class name was titled Psychology as the
Behaviorist views it. Mr. Watson and a graduate assistant were able to create an experiment
known as The Little Albert experiment where the two people trained a child to fear a white rat
by using loud noises to correlate with the rat.
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
John Watson was the one who started the ball rolling for behaviorism psychology. He helped his
clients change their behaviors and bad habits to make them good and less stressful.
Got all info from http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesofmajorthinkers/p/watson.htm
#11 - Stanley Milgram
Students Name(s) - Hayden Shultz, Audrey Hammond
Where was this Psychologist from?
Born August 15, 1933 in New York City (wikipedia)
When did this Psychologist live?
He lived from 1933 to 1984 (wikipedia)
What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
Contributed to the techniques to explore aspects of social and self perception.wikipedia

Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?

Because he had interesting/controversial phenomenon on his controversial experiment on
obedience wikipedia

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#12 - Alfred Adler
Students Name(s) - Josh Stover/Aubrey Southard
Where was this Psychologist from?
Vienna, Austria
When did this Psychologist live?
1870-1937
What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
Alder calls this theory Individual Psychology because he felt each person was unique and no
previous theory applied to all people. Adler's theory included these four aspects: the
development of personality, striving towards superiority, psychological health, and the unity of
personality. (muskingum.edu)
"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them (Alfred Adler)." This statement
sums up Adler's theory of personality in a nutshell.
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
Adler studied our personalities. He looked at why are we different? Why do some people love to
be in big social groups of people while some are terrified by them. Adlers research helped us
look at the people that we are. And the reasons that we are they way we are.

#13 - Lev Vygotsky

Students Name(s) - Caitlyn Shields and Alex Martin
Where was this Psychologist from?
Russia
When did this Psychologist live?
1896-1934
What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
The Zone of Proximal Development- the distance between the actual development level as
determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as
determined through problem solving with people smarter than you (basically).
The More Knowledgeable Other-A person who has greater knowledge or skills than the learner
(teacher, coach, sensei, etc.)
Sociocultural Theory-Human development results from dynamic interaction between different
individuals in society.

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Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
His theories are still being revealed and discovered because when he died people didnt realize
how important his discoveries were until much later. A big contributor to
developmental/educational psychology.
Found our info on about education

#14 - Howard Gardner

Students Name(s) - Ghias Padmakoesoema, Reagan Longo
Where was this Psychologist from?
He was from Scranton, Pennsylvania.

When did this Psychologist live?

He was born in 1943 and still contributes to the field of psychology to this day.
What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
He is known for his theory of multiple intelligences. His theory states that humans have several
different ways of processing information and these ways are relatively independent of one
another.

Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?

Many teachers, school administrators, and special educators have been inspired by his theory
since it allowed for the idea that there is more than one way to define a persons intellect, which
would help in teaching many different kinds of students.
Found on Wikipedia

#15 - Alfred Binet

Students Name(s) - Ashton
Where was this Psychologist from?
Alfred Binet was from Paris with his mother.
When did this Psychologist live?
He lived from July 8, 1857 to October 18, 1911
What did they do to contribute to the advancement of Psychology?
He started studying development and intelligence and he based a lot of his research on
observations of his two daughters.

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Alfred was know as one of the most influential psychologists in history because he was the
creator of the modern intelligence test.
Why do you need to know who this Psychologist is?
If someone was doing a Modern Intelligence project this would be the guy to look at.
Found on About.com