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Dr Ken Tangen
Here is a quick way to find a name you’re looking for. You can also use the search bar. I’m still working on the links. A Adler, Alfred Angell, James Aristotle Aquinas, Thomas Augustine B Bain, Alexander Bandura, Albert Brentano, Franz Buhler, Karl Bell, […]
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Ever feel like psychology is a hill or giant mountain you have to climb? There is a lot to learn but it’s not that bad. Psychology is the study of people. And we already know what that feels like. We have the experience. The step is to be objective and look at what we […]
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Adler, Alfred (1870-1937) Born in Vienna, the 2nd of six kids, Alfred Adler has an unhappy childhood. Suffering from rickets, and having been injured in two accidents, Adler was frail and unathletic. Although he was pampered by his parents (a wealthy grain merchant), he resented Alfred resented his older brother (his mother’s favorite). Adler […]
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Gordon Allport (1897-1967). The first modern personality trait theorist was Gordon Allport. In the 1930’s, Allport and his students searched through dictionaries to find words that described personality. They started with 17,953 adjectives but settled on 4504 of them. Allport suggested that most of these traits were “common traits” (traits we all hold in common). […]
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Ambrose (340-397) Ambrose didn’t set out to be a priest. Born in what is now Germany, he studied law in Rome and began his career as a civil service. When he was appointed governor of Aemilia and Liguria in 370, he made Milan his headquarters. He was such a popular ruler that four years after […]
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Angell, James Rowland (1867-1949). Having studied with both Dewey and James, Angell developed the laboratory at the Univerisy of Chicago into a major training program. Coming from a long line of college presidents, Angell studied with Dewey (at Michigan) and James (at Harvard). After chairing the psychology department at the University of Chicago for 25 years, […]
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Aquinas, Thomas (1225-1274) Thomas Aquinas was born near Naples, Italy. Although nicknamed as a child as “Dumb Ox” (for his large size and slow demeanor), Aquinas is the greatest theologian-philosopher of the Roman Catholic church and the patron saint of their parochial schools. He is best known for synthesizing Greek philosophy with Christian, Islamic and […]
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Augustine (354-430) Aurelius Augustinus. Raised in a philosophically-mixed family (his mother was a Christian, his father was not), Augustine converted to Christianity as an adult. He advocated introspective meditation, denunciation of the flesh, and the importance of self understanding. Since true knowledge comes from God, examining the world is of limited value. For Augustine, the […]
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Aristippus (434-356 BC) Although a student of Socrates in Athens, Aristippus was born in Cyrene, so his philosophy is called Cyrenaicism. The basic doctrine was pleasure is all that matters. For Aristippus and his followers, the pursuit of happiness required the immediate gratification of any and every desire. People should control their circumstances, and not […]
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Aristotle (384-323 BC) was born in Macedonia (northern Greece). He learned medicine from his father and philosophy from Plato. He wrote the constitution of Athens, served as counselor to Hermias, tutored Alexander the Great, and is sometimes called the first psychologist.. Aristotle proposed a tri-level hierarchy of faculties: nutrition, perception and intellect. Nutrition applies […]
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