Unit 1 Important People

Question 1

G. Stanley Hall

Answer 1

Established the first formal psychology laboratory in the U.S.

Question 2

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 2

Performed the first experiment in psychology (reaction time). Studied free will and followed the school of structuralism

Question 3

William James

Answer 3

A philosopher-psychologist who promoted functionalism

Question 4

Mary Whiton Calkins

Answer 4

Distinguished memory researcher and first head of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Question 5

Margaret Floy Washburn

Answer 5

First woman to earn an official psychology PhD

Question 6

Ivan Pavlov

Answer 6

Pioneered the study of learning. Mainly known for his work on classical conditioning

Question 7

Jean Piaget

Answer 7

The last century’s most influential observer of childhood psychology

Question 8

Sigmund Freud

Answer 8

A famed personality theorist and therapist who greatly influenced humanity’s self-understanding. Followed the school of psychodynamic psychology

Question 9

Abraham Maslow

Answer 9

Followed the school of humanistic psychology