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6696658939Charles DarwinTheory of evolution, survival of the fittest, evolutionary psychology0
6696658940Wilhelm WundtStructuralism, established first psychology laboratory.1
6696658941John WatsonFounder of behaviorism, classical conditioning, Little Albert experiment2
6696658942Alfred AdlerNeo-Freudian, emphasized birth order, inferiority complex3
6696658943Carl JungNeo-Freudian, collective unconscious and personal unconscious, archetypes4
6696658944Gordon AllportTrait theorist, cardinal, central & secondary traits5
6696658945Albert EllisCognitive psychologist, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, emphasized irrational thinking6
6696658946Abraham MaslowHumanist, Hierarchy of Needs, Self-Actualization7
6696658947Carl RogersHumanistic psychologist, unconditional positive regard, identifies incongruencies, person-centered therapy8
6696658948B.F. SkinnerOperant conditioning, operant chamber, pigeons, reinforcement, shaping9
6696658949Ivan PavlovFather of classical conditioning, salivating dogs experiment10
6696658950Noam Chomskyinnate linguistic knowledge11
6696658951Jean Piagetcognitive development, sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal operational12
6696658952Erik Erikson. Neo-Freudian, 8 stages of psychosocial development13
6696658953Lawrence KohlbergMoral development, pre-conventional, conventional, post-conventional14
6696658955Hans EysenckTrait theorist, two dimensional theory (extroversion-introversion, stable-unstable) and psychoticism, dispositional traits15
6696658956Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singerphysiological arousal and cognitive label produce emotions16
6696658958Benjamin Whorflinguistic determinism, linguistic relativity.17
6696658959Robert SternbergTriarchic theory of intelligence, [1] problem-solving intelligence [2] practical intelligence [3] creative intelligence.18
6696658960Howard GardnerTheory of multiple intelligences [8]. visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, linguistic, and logical-mathematical, naturalistic19
6696658961Albert BanduraObservational learning, social learning theory, Bobo doll experiment20
6696658962Edward ThorndikeLaw of effect, puzzle box21
6696658963Alfred BinetGeneral IQ tests, Created concept of mental age and chronological age22
6696658964Lewis TermanRevised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American children. Invented Stanford-Binet IQ Test.23
6696658965David WechslerIntelligence test for adults, WAIS24
6696658966Charles Spearman"g"-general intelligence, "s"-specific intelligence25
6696658967Hermann RorschachDeveloped projective test known as inkblot test26
6696658968Philip ZimbardoSocial psychologist, Stanford Prison Study, Lucifer effect27
6696658969David RosenhanHospital experiment to test the diagnosis that hospitals make on patients, tested validity of psychiatric diagnosis of insanity.28
6696658970Solomon AschSocial psychologist, study of conformity estimating lengths of lines29
6696658971Stanley MilgramSocial psychologist, study on obedience, "shocking" the learning30
6696658972Harry HarlowContact-comfort, monkey experiments31
6696658973Sigmund FreudPsychoanalysis, Psychosexual stages of development, id-ego-superego, unconscious motivations32
6696658974Karen HorneyNeo-freudian, 10 Neurotic Needs, womb envy33
6696658975Martin SeligmanLearned helplessness34
6696658976Hermann EbbinghausConducted scientific studies on memory, learning curves, forgetting curves35
6696658977Ernst WeberJND (just noticeable difference), helped create Weber's Law36
6696658978Elizabeth Kubler-Ross5 stages of death- denial, anger/resentment, bargaining, depression, acceptance.37
6696658980Paul EkmanUniversal facial expressions- anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise.38
6696658981Mary AinsworthThe Strange Situation, attachment types- secure, insecure (avoidant, anxious/resistant)39
6696658982Aaron BeckThe father of cognitive therapy, specializes in clinical depression. Developed the cognitive triad of depression-focused on dsyfunctional thinking40
6696658983Paul Brocaidentified region in left frontal lobe (Broca's Area) responsible for formation of speech41
6696658984Raymond CattellTrait theorist, 16 PF questionnaire, factor analysis. dispositional traits42
6696658987Phineas Gagetamping rod shot through his prefrontal cortex-and survived, most studied brain of all time43
6696658989Ernest HilgardStudied hypnosis, "hidden observer"44
6696658990William JamesFunctionalism, contributed to a theory of emotion (stimulus=>physiological change=>emotion)45
6696658991William James and Carl LangeTheory of emotion-physiological change produces emotion46
6696658992GarciaClassical conditioning, taste aversion47
6696658993Elizabeth LoftusMisinformation effect48
6696658994Konrad LorenzImprinting49
6696658995Hans SelyeGeneral Adaptation Syndrome (GAS), alarm-resistance-exhaustion50
6696658997Edward Tolmanlatent learning, rats in mazes51
9655527740Dorthea DixPrison reform, mental asylums52
9655541203Margaret Floy WashburnFirst woman to receive PhD in Psychology53
9655549128Mary Whiton CalkinsFirst woman president of APA, student of William James54
9655553520John Locketabula rasa, knowledge is innate55
9655802166HippocratesFour Humors, believed in the concept behind the Medical Model56
9655817483SocratesAncient Greek philosopher, dualism, taught Plato57
9655823480PlatoAncient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, dualism58
9655829134AristotleAncient Greek philosopher, knowledge is learned-believed in concept of tabula rasa59
9656267033Paul Costa & Robert McCraeTrait theorists, Big 5 Personality Test, OCEAN-Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism60
9656298874Walter Cannon and Philip BardTheory of emotion, physiological change & cognitive awareness of emotional state occur simultaneously61
9656359036Sir Francis GaltonCoined term "nature vs. nurture", hereditary genius62
9656387965Edward TitchenerIntrospection, studied under Wundt63
9656424680G. Stanley HallCreated 1st Psychology lab in the U.S.64
9656445059Jane ElliotStudied the effects of racism in the classroom, "Brown-eyed Blue-eyed Study"65
9656453286Leon FestingerCognitive dissonance66
9656466662Carl Wernickediscovered that damage to the left temporal lobe=deficits in language comprehension67
9656472103Thomas BouchardMinnesota Twin Studies, nature vs. nurture68
9656481640Roger Sperry & Michael GazzanigaSplit brain studies, hemispheric specialization69
9656503160Gustav FechnerDescribed relationship between strength of sensation and strength of stimulus70
9656518825Eleanor GibsonVisual cliff experiment, depth perception71
9656527416David Hubel & Tortsen Wieselfeature detectors72
9656584442Franz MesmerFirst to use hypnosis73
9656642404George MillerMagic number 7 (plus or minus two), memory74
9656832082Lev VygotskyZone of proximal development, social-cultural psychology75
9656843133Diana BaumrindParenting styles (permissive, authoritarian, authoritative)76
9656880617Walter Mischelperson-situation controversy, "marshmallow study" and delayed gratification77

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