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6725618053Wilhelm WundtFather of Structuralism "Father of psychology" (established the first psychology laboratory in Germany) - study of mental processes - introspection0
6725625936E. B. TitchnerWundt's student Brought Structuralism to the USA1
6725635013Max WertheimerGestalt Psychologist Argued against dividing human thought and behavior into discrete structures Gestalt psychology tried to examine a person's total experience because the way we we experience the world is more than perception2
6725618054William JamesFounder of functionalism - studied how humans use perception to function in our environment3
6725650468Margaret Floy WashburnFirst woman to earn PhD in Psych4
6725655079Mary Whiton CalkinsStudent of William James Became first female President of APA Completed PhD at Harvard- didn't receive5
6725618060John B. WatsonBehavorist - Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat6
6725618059Ivan PavlovBehavorist Classical Conditioning - trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell7
6725618062B.F. SkinnerBehaviorist - Operant conditioning - Trained pigeons and rats8
6725618080Hermann Ebbinghaus- First person to study memory scientifically and systematically - used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well - forgetting curve.9
6725618064Jean PiagetCognitive Development - Devleoped stage theory of cognitive development10
6725618071Erik EriksonNeo-Freudian - 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development11
6725618069Lawrence KohlbergMoral Development - Stage theory of moral development12
6725618057Sigmund FreudFather of psychoanalysis - Believed that unconscious drives and desires guided people's actions.13
6725699452Lev VygotskyZone of Proximal Development Theory of mind14
6725618063Abraham MaslowHumanistic - "Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization"15
6725618075Carl RogersHumanistic - founded client-centered therapy - emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth, unconditional positive regard16
6725718535Alfred AdlerNeo-Freudian Social tensions not sexual tensions Inferiority complex17
6725618073Carl JungNeo-Freudian - created concept of "collective unconscious" - wrote books on dream interpretation18
6725618074Karen HorneyNeo-Freudian - credited with founding women's psychology - criticized Freud's idea of penis envy, saying that it grew out of his assumption that men were superior to women19
6725618082Philip ZimbardoStanford Prison Experiment/Lucifer Effect - People take on the role of what they feel are proper for the situation20
6725618078Solomon AschSocial Psychology - conformity experiment -- people incorrectly reported lenghts of lines21
6725618081Stanley MilgramObedience to authority - had participants administer what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to other participants22
6725754145Howard GardnerMultiple intelligences theory- IQ is too limited23
6725782217Spearmanintelligence is mainly a function of a general intelligence g-factor24
6725793232ThurstonIntelligence is a function of seven primary mental abilities25
6725618058Alfred BinetCreated first intelligence test (Binet-Simon scale)26
6725618055Francis Galton- developed the statistical concept of correlation - first to demonstrate "normal distribution" could be applied to intelligence27
6725618056Christian Von EhrenfelsFounder of Gestalt Psychology28
6725618065Charles DarwinEvolution by "natural selection" (the weaker die out) - wrote On the Origin of Species29
6725618066Phineas GageRailroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior - case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function30
6725618067Harry HarlowDevelopmental (Attachment Studies) - Studied attachment in monkeys with artificial mothers31

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