William James William James was an American psychologist, philosopher, and physician. He was born on January 11, 1842 in New York City. As a child he developed a love for theology, something that occurred most likely from his father Henry James Sir. His parents made sure that all their children had access to high levels of education, each having their own private tutors. In his early years, William James studied painting and various sciences. After high school, he enrolled at the Lawrence Scientific School to study chemistry and physics. Soon after, however James decided that he wanted to take a different direction with his life and began studying at the Harvard Medical School in 1864. He earned his medical degree 5 years later, but never actually went on to practice medicine. He instead became a teacher at Harvard, specializing in both psychology and philosophy. He spent his career developing theories for the human mind, and wrote several famous books on them. The Principles of Psychology and The Will to …show more content…
B.F. Skinner discovered major parts of behavioral psychology, and also taught pigeons how to play ping pong. Sigmund Freud worked on ideas like ego and. superego, and prescribed cocaine to his patients. Albert Bandura showed how children are like sponges through videos of screaming women. Jean Piaget created the chart for the different learning developmental stages of children, and also lived as a starving artist. Carl Rogers created modern therapy techniques, ones which are still used today. William James came up with a new idea for the human consciousness. Erik Erikson created a list of what crises you’re going to have and when, he was also a follower of Freud’s basic beliefs. Ivan Pavlov discovered classical conditioning through dog spit. Last but not least, Lev Vygotsky believed that their were just some things that couldn’t be learned by yourself, and wrote several books on