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