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Karen Horney
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William James
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speed of nerve
conduction
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1850
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1860
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1870
Gustav Fechner
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1880
John Watson
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Ernst Weber
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Washburn first
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PhD in
psychology
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1890
Edward Tolman
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Alfred Adler
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Theory of
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Erik Erikson
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1900
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Journal of Applied
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Cable
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Binet and Simon
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intelligence test
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1910
1920
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1913-1994
1930
Psychological
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1940
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George Miller
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Journal of Cognitive
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B.F. Skinner
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Jean Piaget
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Ernst Weber
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