Famous Names in Psychology

William James

Author of the first psychology text book

Jean Piaget

Developmental and cognitive psychologist (cognitive perspective)

Abraham Maslow

Humanistic psychology

B. F Skinner

Perhaps the most famous American psychologist; his brand if behaviorism focused on responses (behaviorism perspective)

Roger Sperry

Neuropsychology (humanistic perspective)

Inez Beverly Prosser

First African American female to earn a Ph. D in psychology

John B. Watson

Founder of behaviorism (behaviorism perspective)

Wilhelm Wundt

Founder of modern psychology

Sigmund Freud

Founder of psychoanalysis

Albert Bandura

Human interaction and group behavior

Karen Horney

Challenged the whole motion of biases

Margaret Floy Washburn

Earn a doctoral degree in American psychology

G. Stanley Hall

First American male to earn Ph. D in psychology; opened first psychology lab in the United States; first APA president

Ivan Pavlov

Behavior, focused on animals

Francis Ceal Sumner

First African American make psychology Ph. D recipient

Mary Whiton Calkins

First female to complete the requirements for a Ph.D in psychology; first female APA president