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Psychology Quiz 1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
09/10/2013

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Wilhelm Wundt
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At the University of Leipzig, Germany, established the first psychology laboratory (1879).
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
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In Germany, conducting classic experiments on memory and forgetting (1885).
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Lighter Witmer
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In the United States, established first psychological clinic (1886).
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William James
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At Harvard University, published The Principles of Psychology (1890).
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G. Stanley Hall
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Founded the American Psychological Association (1892).
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Margaret Floy Washburn
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First woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology (1894).
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Edward Thorndike
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In the United States, reported on the first experiments of animal learning (1898).
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Sigmund Freud
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In Vienna, introduced psychoanalysis in The Interpretation of Dreams (1900).
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Alfred Binet
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In Paris, developed the first modern intelligence test for assessing school children (1905).
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Mary Whiton Calkins
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Became the first female president of the American Psychological Association (1905).
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Ivan Pavlov
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In Leningrad, discovered classical conditioning in research with dogs (1906).
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Max Wertheimer
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In Germany, discovered the illusion of apparent movement, which launched Gestalt psychology (1912).
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John Watson
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Defined psychology as the study of behavior, sparking behaviorism in the United States (1913).
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