Influential Psychologists Biography Project
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You are to research one of the following influential psychologists and find the following informationSubmit this in google docs.
Basic biographical information about him/her (birth, death, family, education)
His/Her major contribution to the field of psychology
Explain his/her major contribution (what was it called, what it tried to explain, what experiments is he/she
best known for, etc.) If there are several, list them and then pick ONE and explain it more thoroughly.
If you can, find an example or illustration of his/her major contribution to help your classmates
understand it.
Once you have found all this information, you must put it in a creative PowerPoint of no more than 5
slides. We will then share our findings with the rest of the class. DO NOT JUST CUT AND PASTE
INFORMATION!!!! Instead, put it into your own words.
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Here are the psychologists we will research:
Abraham Maslow
Alfred Kinsey
B.F. Skinner
Carl Jung
Carl Rogers
Carol Gilligan
Edward Thorndike
Erik Erikson
Harry Harlow
Howard Gardner
Ivan Pavlov
Jean Piaget
John B. Watson
Lawrence Kohlberg
Lev Vygotsky
Sigmund Freud
Stanley Milgram
Wertheimer, Koffka, and Kohler (Gestalt School)
Wilhelm Wundt
William James
Due: Monday January 13th
Rubric
- Submitted in google docs: 5pts
- All basic information included: 10pts
- Explanation of Major Contribution: 15pts
- Example/Illustration of Major Contribution: 5pts
- Presentation to class: 15pts