Big Names Of Psych
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Aristotle
384 BC -322 BC
One of Aristotles philosophic contributions to psychology was each thing or event, he thought, has more than one “reason” that helps to explain what, why, and where it is
Binet, Alfred
1857 -1911
Binet-Simon scale An evaluation of the relative mental development of children by a series of psychological tests of intellectual ability
Darwin, Charles
1809 – 1882
Darwins Theory of Evolution is that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor
Descartes, RenИ
1596-1650
The two most widely known of Descartes philosophical ideas are those of a method of hyperbolic doubt, and the argument that, though he may doubt, he cannot doubt that he exists
Freud, Sigmund
1856- 1939
Freuds exploration of such phenomenon, and his assertions about the nature and functioning of the unconscious mind, remains one of Freuds major contributions to the field of psychology
James, William
1842 -1910
Jamess discovery of the subconscious mind was a contribution to psychology
Locke, John
1632 – 1704
Lockes most famous and important work is arguably An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. He believed the mind was formed by experiences
Pavlov, Ivan
1849 – 1936
His biggest contribution to the field of psychology is classical conditioning, a theory about how behavior is learned.
Piaget, Jean
1896-1980
Jean Piaget provided support for the idea that children think differently than adults.
Plato
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