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360 BCE
Plato
He thought that automatically you were given knowledge and character. Also that ideas were given to you from birth. This is importamt because its like what happens at the beginning of your life. -
320 BCE
Aristotle
That your soul is not seperate from your body and that knowledge is grown by your memories and expierences. Also events that have caused stronger emotions are more likely to be remembered. This is important because ya of course if something really hurt you or something you are defiently most likely to remember that. -
Rene Descartes
He believes that the body and the mind communicate and memories form when the pores in your brain open. This is important because its important to know how you create memories. -
John Locke
He said that your brain is a blank slate at birth and will grow from expierences. This is important because you don't remeber what you thought when you were born. -
Wihelm Wundt
Found first psychology laboratory. This is important because you need somewhere to study the thoughts. -
James Hall
First Lab in the United States. This is important because again you need places for psychologists to study. -
Hermann Ebbinghaus
He was the person to study memory. This is important because we all have memory but were not quite sure why. -
William James
His strategy of learning about the mind was considering the funcions of people's thoughts and feelings. This is important because feelins do affect our thoughts. -
Edward Titchener
He introduced structuralism. He also used introspection which trained people to remember things by tasting or smelling. This is important because our senses do affect our thougts as well. -
Mary Calkins
Psychology's first female philospher. This is important because women usually don't have high jobs like this back in the day. -
Sigmund Freud
He was a physiologist who was the first to do psychotherapy. This is important because therapy helps so many people today. -
John Watson
He introduced behaviorism. This is important because their are some things the mind can't explain. -
Abraham Maslow
He started recognizing human motivation, This is important because every humans actions is affected bya motivation. -
Avram Chomsky
The philospher that studied language. This is important because the language used is important for people to understand what is happening.