Famous Names in Psychology

In 1879, this professor established the first psychology laboratory at the University of Germany

• a. Wilhelm Wundt

• b. Joseph Smith

• c. Lewis Terman

After receiving his Ph.D. in 1892, this person joined Cornell University faculty and introduced structuralism.

• a. Ivan Pavlov

• b. John Glenn

• c. Edward B. Titchener

This English scientist gave us the nature vs. nurture phrase.

• a. Abraham Lincoln

• b. Francis Galton

• c. Dr. Seuss

This man explored how mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable the organism to adapt, survive and flourish. He was described as a functionalist.

• a. John B. Watson

• b. William James

• c. Ivan Pavlov

This man established the first psychology laboratory at Johns Hopkins University.

• A. G. Stanley Hall

• b. Bobby Brown

• c. Ronald McDonald

He randomly selected a sample of nonsense syllables (JAB, LEQ, KEL, etc.), practiced them, and tested them himself by rapidly reading them aloud, eight times over, look away and then tried to recall them.

• A. Karl Marx

• B. Malcolm X

• C. Hermann Ebbinghaus

The first woman to receive a psychology Ph.D, synthesized animal behavior. She wrote the book, The Animal Mind.

• a. Margaret Floy Washburn

• b. Florence Johnson

• c. Margaret Harlow

Established the principal that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely- the law of effect.

• a. Upton Sinclair

• b. Robert Johnson

• c. Edward Thorndike

Conducted the study on "Little Albert" which showed fear can be learned.

• a. John B. Watson

• b. Albert Einstein

• c. John Legend

The leading behaviorist who studied how consequences shape behavior. Thus, the word behaviorism was born.

• a. B.F. Skinner

• b. F.B. Skinner

• c. L.J. Skinner