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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.
Margaret Floy Washburn (1871–1939), American psychologist; Anna Freud (1895–1982), Austrian-British psychoanalyst; Science education.
Margaret Floy Washburn becomes the first American woman to be officially awarded the Ph.D. degree in psychology, at Cornell University. [225] 1895: Austria-Hungary Universities open to women. [98] Egypt A public school system for girls is organized. [145] 1896: Norway Women are admitted to all secondary educational schools of the state. [111] Spain
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. [328] Nicole Weekes: Naomi Weisstein: 1939–2015 [329] Susan Weinschenk: 1953–present Behavioural psychology: Louise ...
His first graduate student, Margaret Floy Washburn, became the first woman to be granted a PhD in psychology (1894). [1] Biography. Education and early life
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.
Margaret Floy Washburn, class of 1891 – psychologist; Millicent Todd Bingham, class of 1902 – geographer; Ruth Benedict, class of 1909 – anthropologist; Edith Banfield Jackson, class of 1916 – behavioral pediatrician; Harriet Guild, class of 1920 – physician; Mary Calderone, class of 1925 – physician
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.