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Ivan Pavlov
Russian Physiologist
Conditional Reflexes -
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
German Psychologist. First described Learning and Forgetting curve -
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Alfred Adler
Austrian Psychotherapist. Heavily influenced the school of psychotherapy. -
Hermann Ebbinghaus completes Ph.D. at University of Bonn
A dissertation on Eduard von Hartmann's 'Philosophy of the Unconscious. -
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Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist, analysed dreams, -
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Max Wertheimer
Czech Pschologist. Co-creator of Gestalt Psychology -
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Hermann Rorschach
Psychometrics. Rorscach Inkblot Test. Switzerland -
Hermann Ebbinghaus publishes 'Memory. A Contribution to Experimental Psychology
Above title is the later translation of the original, Uber das Gedachtnis. First to actively discuss the learning curve -
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Wolfgang Köhler
German Phenomenonologist. Contributed to creation of Gestalt Theory -
Ivan Pavlov publishes 'The Work of the Digestive Glands '
Understanding how the digestive system works. Analyses behaviours of dogs when presented with food. -
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Erik Erikson
Danish-German-American psychoanalyst.
Coined Identity Crisis -
Nobel Prize awarded to Ivan Pavlov
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work on the Digestive System -
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner
American behaviorist. Invented 'Operant Conditioning Chamber' -
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Abraham Maslow
American Humanist Psychologist.
Created Hierachy of Needs.
Taoist. -
Wolfgang Kohler Ph.D. at University of Berlin
Addressed Psychoacoustics -
Psychology of the Unconscious published by Carl Jung
Analysed stages of Schizophrenia -
Carl Jung begins writing the Red Book
The Red Book is a series of notes which details his experiences with his unconscious. Possibly schizophrenic -
Hermann Rorschach marries
Marries Olga Stempelin, and moves to Russia. Has a son and daughter. -
Wolfgang Kohler published 'The Mentality of Apes'
'The Mentality of Apes' was the analysis of problem solving abilities in chimpanzees. -
Inkblot Test Developed Hermann Rorschach
The basis which led to the development of the Inkblot Test was formulated and theorized. -
Max Wertheimer marries Anna Caro
Marries whilst teaching at University of Berlin. -
Alfred Adler publishes Understanding Human Nature
One of Alfred Adler's many publications. -
Abraham Maslow marries 1st cousin.
He married his first cousin Bertha in Wisconsin -
B.F. Skinner invents Operant Conditioning Chamber
Invented when studying at Harvard. Sometimes called the Skinner Box. Used for experiments on small rodents and animals. -
Graduated from Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute Erik Erikson
Graduated, then fled from Germany because of the Nazis were persecuting the Jewish. He was Jewish. -
Max Wertheimer reaches New York
Max Wertheimer and family get to New York harbour -
Alfred Adler developed provisional 'types' for social behaviour
Despite not liking categorizing people, Adler understood the need to outline social behaviour -
B.F. Skinner publishes Verbal Behaviour
Analyses the behaviour and structure of the spoken language. -
Abraham Maslow named Humanist of the Year
American Humanist Assosciation for identifing the third force -
National Endowment for the Humanities selects Erik Erikson for lecture
National Endowment for the Humanities selected Erikson for the Jefferson Lecture. Lecture was "Dimensions of a New Identity".