1. Famous Psychologists

2. Wilhelm Wundt (Father of Psychology)
Philosophers’ thinking about thinking continued until the birth of psychology as we know it in 1879, in a small, third-floor room at Germany’s University of Leipzig.
There, two young men were helping Wilhelm Wundt create an experimental apparatus. Their machine measured the time lag between people’s hearing a ball hit a platform and their pressing a telegraph key. People responded in about one-tenth of a second when asked to press the key as soon as the sound occurred—and in about two-tenths of a second when asked to press the key as soon as they were consciously aware of perceiving the sound. (To be aware of one’s awareness takes a little longer.)
Thus began what many consider psychology’s first experiment.

3. Edward Thitchner Student of Wundt
In 1892, he joined the Cornell University faculty and introduced structuralism to America.
Focused on the structure and basic elements of the mind.
His method was to engage people in self-reflective introspection (looking inward), training them to report elements of their experience as they looked at a rose, smelled a scent, or tasted a substance. What were their immediate sensations, their images, their feelings? And how did these relate to one another?
Alas, introspection required smart, verbal people. It also proved somewhat unreliable, its results varying from person to person and experience to experience.

4. William James
A functionalist, focused on how we function in the real world, how we adapt, live, work, and play
James in 1890, admitted Mary Calkins into his graduate class. When she joined, the other students (all men) dropped out. So James tutored her alone. Later, she finished all the requirements for a Harvard Ph.D., outscoring all the male students on the qualifying exams. Alas, Harvard denied her the degree she had earned.
James was contracted for a textbook on psychology. James agreed and began work in 1878, stating he would need 2 years. The text actually took him 12 years. More than a century later, people still read his textbook and marvel at how James introduced psychology to the educated public.

5. Sigmund Freud Was the founding father of psychoanalysis
A method for treating mental illness and also a theory which explains human behavior.
Freud believed that events in our childhood have a great influence on our adult lives, shaping our personality.
Id, Ego, and Superego

6. Id, Ego, Superego
The id is the impulsive (and unconscious) part of our psyche which responds directly and immediately to instincts. The personality of the newborn child is all id and only later does it develop an ego and super- ego.
The ego operates according to the reality principle, working out realistic ways of satisfying the id’s demands, often compromising or postponing satisfaction to avoid negative consequences of society. The ego considers social realities and norms, etiquette and rules in deciding how to behave.
The superego's function is to control the id's impulses, especially those which society forbids, such as sex and aggression. It also has the function of persuading the ego to turn to moralistic goals rather than simply realistic ones and to strive for perfection.

8. Get into groups of 2
Select a psychologist from the 4 that we have covered today.
Using the internet and your notes, research your psychologist.
Write an obituary for the psychologist that is at least one page long. Either typed or written.
Make sure to include:
Name
Lifespan (ex )
What school of thought or theory they are associated with?
Describe the school of thought or theory.
What was their significance to the Psychological world?
How do people feel about their work today?