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Margaret Floy Washburn (July 25, 1871 – October 29, 1939), was a leading American psychologist in the early 20th century, was best known for her experimental work in animal behavior and motor theory development.
1894 – Margaret Floy Washburn was the first woman to be granted a PhD in Psychology after she studied under E. B. Titchener at Cornell University. 1894 – James McKeen Cattell and James Mark Baldwin founded the Psychological Review to compete with Hall's American Journal of Psychology.
Margaret Floy Washburn: 1871–1939 Studied sensation and perception and theorized that one's consciousness was responsible for their own motor activities. She was the first American woman to receive a PhD in psychology. [326] Nicole Weekes: Naomi Weisstein: 1939–2015 [327] Susan Weinschenk: 1953–present Behavioural psychology: Louise ...
Margaret Floy Washburn Walter Bowers Pillsbury Edward Bradford Titchener (11 January 1867 – 3 August 1927) was an English psychologist who studied under Wilhelm Wundt for several years.
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When Scarborough was in Indiana, she was asked to write a paper about the history of women in the field of psychology. She knew of only three women, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Mary Whiton Calkins, and Margaret Floy Washburn. She found there were many forgotten women in the first generation of psychologists when she began her research.
Mary Whiton Calkins (/ ˈ k ɔː l k ɪ n z, ˈ k æ l-/; 30 March 1863 – 26 February 1930 [1]) was an American philosopher and psychologist, whose work informed theory and research of memory, dreams and the self. In 1903, Calkins was the twelfth in a listing of fifty psychologists with the most merit, chosen by her peers.
A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked him as the 88th most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with John Garcia, David Rumelhart, Louis Leon Thurstone, Margaret Floy Washburn, and Robert S. Woodworth. [2]