Various women have made ground breaking contributions in the field of psychology. Although they may have had to go through numerous obstacles such as discrimination women have prevailed in this field to now making psychology a field where women are dominantly represented in this profession. The advancement for women in this field would not be possible without some very influential women that caused change in psychology.
A women who contributed to psychology is Mary Whiton Calkins.She was “elected one of the first female members of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1893, she was the also elected the fourteenth, and first female, president of the APA in 1905” (Sofia University).Also Dr.Calkin’s was the first women to open a psychological laboratory at Wellesley College. Her most known contribution to psychology is her paired associate technique in which she was able to conclude that numbers paired with bright colors could be retained better helping with memory. Lastly her other well-known contribution was the development of self psychology which intertwined the “conceptions of psychology of the self and psychology of …show more content…
Helen’s contributions was looking at environment and social influences in a person’s upbringing to show how it plays a role in intelligence and personality. “She debunked the idea that women's intelligence differed from men's. She also formulated the idea of sex-role stereotyping, and was convinced that the minor differences she found were due to differences in upbringing, not biology” (Muse).Out of the women discussed she faced the least amount of challenges to succeed in the field of psychology but yet again because she was a women there was still some hesitation from other men psychologist with regard to her theories and capability of working in the field of
A women who contributed to psychology is Mary Whiton Calkins.She was “elected one of the first female members of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1893, she was the also elected the fourteenth, and first female, president of the APA in 1905” (Sofia University).Also Dr.Calkin’s was the first women to open a psychological laboratory at Wellesley College. Her most known contribution to psychology is her paired associate technique in which she was able to conclude that numbers paired with bright colors could be retained better helping with memory. Lastly her other well-known contribution was the development of self psychology which intertwined the “conceptions of psychology of the self and psychology of …show more content…
Helen’s contributions was looking at environment and social influences in a person’s upbringing to show how it plays a role in intelligence and personality. “She debunked the idea that women's intelligence differed from men's. She also formulated the idea of sex-role stereotyping, and was convinced that the minor differences she found were due to differences in upbringing, not biology” (Muse).Out of the women discussed she faced the least amount of challenges to succeed in the field of psychology but yet again because she was a women there was still some hesitation from other men psychologist with regard to her theories and capability of working in the field of