Psychology Historical Figures

First African American to receive Ph.D in Psychology

Which perspective places an emphasis on Darwin's theory of natural selection?

First woman to receive Ph.D in Psychology in the US

Studies were cited in Brown v. Board of Education

First American Psychologist and founder of Functionalism

Which perspective places an emphasis on human potential, self-actualization, and free will?

Humanists who rejected the idea that behavior is controlled through rewards and punishments.

Behaviorist who focused on learning through rewards and observation.

Founder of Psychoanalytic Perspective. He believed abnormal behavior came from the unconscious

Frist African American Woman to receive Ph.D in Psychology?

Speculated how the mind and the physical body communicated?

Which perspective has an emphasis on the physical bases of human and animal behavior?

Which Perspective has an emphasis on the study of observable behavior?

Developmental and Cognitive Psychologist who worked with children

Believed the Mind was separate from the body?

Which perspective places an emphasis on how mental processes work?

First woman to complete Ph.D but not awarded diploma.

Would advocate nurture rather than nature. Our mind is a blank sheet at birth.

Founder of Behaviorism

founder of Structuralism

First American with Doctorate in Psychology and the first President of APA.

Which perspective places an emphasis on the unconscious, early childhood trauma, and repression

Which perspective places an emphasis on how cultural factors influence behavior?

Father of Psychology

Russian Physiologist who studied learning in animals.