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Wilhelm wundt

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father of experimental psych

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who published principles of physiology psychology (1874)

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Wilhelm wundt

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Principles of physiology psychology

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how the scientific methods of physiology could be applied to the study of conciousness

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What was significant in 1879

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in 1879 the first psychology lab at university of leipzig

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Leipzig University

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is considered the birth of science and psychology

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Who established the first experimental psychology journal: philosophical studies (1881)

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Wilhelm Wundt

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What topics did wundt study with his students?

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His students could all study multiple topics, color vision and tone perception

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Brass Instrument Psychology

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was used when stimuli were presented and responses were recorded by mechanical means

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What mechanical means are used in brass instrument psychology?

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Tachistoscope, rotating memory drum and gravity chronometer

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NO

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NO

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Experimental self observation

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trained observers present stimulus, observers self report what experienced , over trials with changing stimuli

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Reaction time method

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measure the speed of certain mental events by measuring reaction time and substracting out the time for sensory and motor components

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Voïkerpsychologie (1900)

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10 volume text by wundt

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What was Voïkerpsychologie about?

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understanding of humanity was obtained by studying how people interact w/ each other in social, cultural, historical contexts

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What research was included in Voïkerpsychologie?

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Language, mythology, customs

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Who were wundts students

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James Cattell, Hugo Munsterberg

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James M Cattell (1860-1944)

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known for bringing experimental methods from germany to u.s

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who pionerred the field of mental testing?

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James Cattell

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Who returned to the U.S and estsblished a psychology lab at columbia university?

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James Cattell

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Who coined the term “mental test”

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James Cattell

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Who was the editor of science

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James Cattell, he added psychology when publishing a journal for science

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Who founded the psychological review journal?

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James Cattell

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Lightner Witmer (1867-1956)

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Student of james cattell, founded the first psychological clinic in the world at the university of pennsylvania (1896)

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What did the first psychological clinic consist of?

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working with learning disabilities, speech, behavioral issues

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Who is the founder of clinical psych and school psych

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Lightner Witmer

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Who started a journal devoted to clinical work?

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Lightner Witmer, The psychological clinic (1907)

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Hugo Munsterberg (1863-1916)

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wundt student, attended harvard to help cattell

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Who was a pioneer in applied psychology?

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Hugo Munsterberg

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who was involed in forensic psych and industrial and organizational psych

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hugo munsterberg

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Forensic psych (munsterberg)

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wrote on the witness stand, fallibility of memory, reliability of witnessed and methods of jury persuaion

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Who invented an early polygraph device?

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Hugo Munsterberg

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Industrial and Organizational Psych (hugo munsterberg)

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wrote psychology and industrial efficiency, believed the more efficient you were the better the job would be

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Who was branded a spy for Germany in WW1 and believed Germany was better than U.S

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Hugo Munsterberg

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Edward B. Titchener (1867-1927)

mr. structuralist

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wrote the experimental psychology: a manual of laboratory practice: 4 volumes

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What are the four volumes in a manual of laboratory practice?

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2 were on quantitative research, the other 2 were on qualitative research

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Who was the chair of the society of experiemental psychologists?

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Edward Titchener

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What club was Titchener in that did not allow women to join?

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The experimentalists

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Who was the founder of school of structuralism

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Titchiner

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Structuralism

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Discovering the structure of the adult, normally functioning, human mind, described mental experiences by breaking down consciousness into basic components

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Universal Elements

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sensations, images and affections

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Systematic Introspection

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reporting sensory experiences in controlled experimental conditions

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Stimulus Error

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is the error of describing the object of perception instead of the conscious experience of that object

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Differences between wundt and titchiner

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Wundt trued to explain conscious experience

Titchiner wanted to describe elements of consciousness

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Margaret Floy Washburn (1871-1939) titchiner student

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First woman PhD in psychology in U.S

45
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Who was a pioneer in animal research?

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Margaret Washburn

46
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Who wrote the book on comparitive psychology, animal minds (1908)

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Margaret Washburn

47
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Who was the second APA president in 1921

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Margaret Washburn

48
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Who used introspection by analogy as research method

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Margaret Washburn

49
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Edwin boring (1886-1968)

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Noted historian of psychology, wrote history of experimental psychology

50
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Who was very devoted to titchiner

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Edwin boring was his student and very devoted

51
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June Etta Downey (1875-1932)

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First woman chair of a psychology department (1915)

52
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What was June Downeys research on?

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Relationship between handwriting and personality

53
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Functionalism

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understanding how consciousness/ mental processes enabled the organism to interact with and adapt to its enviornment and survive

54
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William James (1842-1910)

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Harvard philosophy; self taught himself psychology,

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Who wrote a two volume book on principle of psychology 1890?

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William James

56
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What were william james interests?

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concept of stream of consciousness, selective attention is an important aspect of consciousness

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James-Lange theory (william james)

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the idea that emotional experience is an interpretation of bodily arousal within a given situation

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Mary Calkins (1863-1930)

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First female president of the APA, she never recieved her PhD from harvard

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Who established the first psychology lab at wellesley college by a woman?

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Mary Calkins

60
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Who invented the paired-associates task?

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Mary Calkins

61
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self-psychology

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proper subject of psychology is study of our conscious selves

62
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Robert Yerkes (1876-1956)

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A pioneer in the fields of comparitive psychology and intelligence testing

63
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Who did robert yerkes study?

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He studied gorillas social behavior and nervous system of jelly fish

64
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Who guided the development of Army Alpha and Army Beta tests in WW1?

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Robert Yerkes

65
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How was the Army Alpha and Beta tests administered?

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They are group adminstered to assign military rank to men based on test results

66
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What was the lowest score on Army Alpha and Beta Tests

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E is lowest, A/B are high scores

67
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G stanley hall (1844-1924)

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pioneered developmental psychology, especially adolescence

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Who was the father of Adolescence Psychology

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G. Stanley Hall

69
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Who developed child study movement reform

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G. Stanley Hall

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Child study movement reform

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engaged in theory free data collection survey studies, not hypothesis testing with experiments

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Lewis Terman (1877-1956)

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Popularized the use of intelligence tests by revising the standford-binet

72
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Who performed landmark longitudinal studies on gifted children 1921?

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Lewis Terman, children were called termites

73
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What was termites average IQ?

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150

74
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Yujiro Motora (1858-1912)

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First Japanese to earn his PhD at an American University

75
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Who returned to japan and established japans first psychology lab?

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Yujiro Motora

76
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What was Yujiro Motora interested in?

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the process of attention, started a clinic in tokyo for underachieving children

77
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Who nurtured many graduate students in Japan?

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Yujiro Motora formed the first generation of experimental psychologists in Japan

78
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Francis Cecil Sumner (1895-1954)

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first african american man to earn a PhD in psychology (1920)

79
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Who was known as the father of black psychology and studied race psychology

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Francis Sumner

80
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James Rowland Angell (1869-1949)

John Dewey

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were founders of school of functionalism

81
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NO

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NO

82
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Helen Thompson Wolley (1874-1947)

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early american psychologist who made contributions to psychology of women and children

83
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Who published the first systematic study of gender differences?

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Helen Woolley

84
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The mental traits of sex by woolley

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25 male/ 25 female (giving them tests on motor capability) no sex differences were found

85
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Who led changes in laws on child labor?

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Helen Woolley

86
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Edward Thorndike (1874-1949)

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pionerred learning theory and educational psychology

87
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What did thorndike study?

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Puzzle box and the law of effect

88
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Robert Woodworth (1869-1962)

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proposed dynamic psychology which emphasized the role of motivation in behavior

89
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Who wrote 2 tests who introduced IV and Dv along with correlations and experiments

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Robert Woodworth

90
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Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939)

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worked with gifted children, known for studies on the psychology of women and giftrf children

91
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Who described the myths associated with menstruation cycles?

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Leta Hollingworth

92
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Who coined the term “gifted”

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Leta Hollingworth

93
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Inez Prosser (1897-1934)

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first african-american woman to earn a doctorate in psychology (1933)

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Who found that when african americans are with other african americans have fewer psychological emotional issues

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Inez Prosser

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Ruth Howard (1900-1997)

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The second african-american woman to recieve a PhD in psychology (1934)

96
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who studied nature and nurture on triplets?

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Ruth Howard

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