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who believed disease had a physical explanation (humours- body fluids) and tested theories with direct observations

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hippocrates

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regarded as the creator of empiricism and established the scientific method

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francis beacon

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believed that all truths could be understood through science and mathematics

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rene descartes

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believed we learn by experience and we are a blank slate

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john locke

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we need to study the relationship between the physical stimuli and their psychological effect

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johannes muller

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measured the speed of neural impulses discovering they are not instantaneous

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herman von helmholtz

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who proposed the theory of evolution and natural selection

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charles darwin

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who is the father of psychology and established the first psychology lab

study of consciousness, awareness of immediate behaviours

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WILHELM WUNDT

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voluntarism

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Wilhelm windt

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who followed wilhelm wundts work

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stanley hall and james mark baldwin

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who developed structuralism

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edward tichener

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introspection

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looking inward

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who was instrumental in shifting attention away from structure to that of purpose and function- FUNCTIONALISM

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WILLIAM JAMES

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who viewed consciousness as a fluid stream and used emperical methods and emphasized research with minorities and mental disorders, people, animals, children

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william james

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based on the idea that we have inborn tendancies to impose structure (consciousness cannot be broken down into elements)

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gestalt psychology

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believed peoples behaviours are based on unconsciour desires and conflicts (no experiments)

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sigmund freud

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classical conditioning

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IVAN PARLOV

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animal models to understand human behaviour

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edward thorndike

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human responses can also be conditioned (baby albert)

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john watson

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who developed operant conditioning (reinforcement of negative)

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BF skinner

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who suggested that learning occurs through social observation and modelling

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albert bandura

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who developed client centered therapy, people are innately good

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carl rogers

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who believed we have a basic need to reach our potential- SELF ACTUALIZATION

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abraham maslow

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who coined the term cognitive psychology as the study of information processing

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uric neisser

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who worked in learning and memory (areas of the brain)

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karl lashley

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who developed the concept of cell assembly to describe a network of neurons that strengthen with repeated stimulation

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donald hebb

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who strongly opposed radical behaviourism

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donald hebb

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