Key figures in Psychology

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Key figures in Psychology
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Wilhelm Wundt

• Father of Psychology
• Developed introspection theory -looking
• inside oneself and describing what is going
• on. Used extensively in clinical psychology.

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William James

• One of founding American Psychologists.
• He believed in approaching psychology in a
• manner described as functionalism how the
• mind functions rather than what the mind is
• on.
• He also developed the idea of pragmatism the
• idea that if an idea works, it is valid or useful.

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Sigmund Freud

• Psychologist committed to
• How the unconscious affects the development of
  personality.
• How childhood experiences shape adult behavior
• Developed the technique of free association
  saying what comes into your mind.
• Advocated psychoanalysis treatment for mental
  illness that emphasizes unconscious emotions and
  conflicts.

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Carl Jung

• Friend of Sigmund Freud that suggested
• that the unconscious is influenced by beliefs
• that we inherit-ideas that are part of every
• civilization. He called these beliefs the
• collective unconscious.