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psychology forefathers - Coggle Diagram
psychology forefathers
William Wundt (1879)
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believed that the mind is made up of thoughts, emotions, experiences and other basic elements
came up with psychophysics, in which he combined his expertise by applying the laws of the natural world to the mind
believed that consciousness is broken down into thoughts, emotions, experiences and other basic elements.
taught his students objective introspection, thinking about your own thoughts in a non-bias way
Charles Darwin (1859)
came up with social darwinism, a way to justify racism and other social inequalities at various times over the past century and a half
social darwinists believe in "survival of the fittest" the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are born better
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Sigmund Freud (1896)
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proposed that there is an unconscious mind, which we repress our outlandish thoughts and desires
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long lasting effect, freudian psychoanalysis used to this day
Ivan pavlov (1913)
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came up with classical conditioning, unconscious deliberate learning
B.F. Skinner (1937)
provided an adaptation to behaviorism and believed that the best way to understand behavior is to look at the cause of an action and its consequence
came up with operant conditioning, a way of learning in which there are rewards and punishments
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