Understanding Piaget's Cognitive Theories: A Guide to Child Development
Jean Piaget (1896-1980), a Swiss psychologist, revolutionized our understanding of children's minds with his theory of cognitive...
Classical Conditioning: the legacy of Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), a Russian physiologist, left an indelible mark on the field of psychology with his groundbreaking...
Gestalt Psychology
Gestalt psychology developed from the work of Max Wertheimer (1880-1943) on a phenomenon he called ‘phi movement’ which is where the...
Skinner's Radical Behavorism
Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904-1990) created a new form of behaviorism known as radical behaviorism because it argues that the science of...
Anna Freud
Anna Freud (1895-1982) was the last daughter of Sigmund Freud, despite never attending university (Sayers, 1991) she presented her first...
The Cranioscopy of Franz Josef Gall
The idea of cranioscopy, now most commonly called phrenology, was invented by the renowned anatomist Franz Josef Gall in the early...