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AP Psychology - Psychologists Flashcards

Famous psychologists (and their most known accomplishments) that you should know for the AP Psychology Exam.

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9832065428Solomon AschConducted famous conformity experiment that required subjects to match lines.0
9832065429Albert BanduraFamous for the Bobo Doll experiments on observational learning & influence in the Socio-Cognitive Perspective1
9832065434Erik EriksonKnown for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development2
9832065435Sigmund FreudDeveloped psychoanalysis; considered to be "father of modern psychiatry"3
9832065438Harry HarlowStudied attachment in monkeys with artificial mothers4
9832065439William Jamescreated Functionalist school of thought; early American psychology teacher/philosopher5
9832065442Lawrence KohlbergFamous for his theory of moral development in children; made use of moral dilemmas in assessment6
9832065444Abraham MaslowHumanistic psychologist known for his "Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization"7
9832065445Stanley MilgramConducted "shocking" (Ha!) experiments on obedience8
9832065446Ivan PavlovDescribed process of classical conditioning after famous experiments with dogs9
9832065447Jean PiagetKnown for his theory of cognitive development in children10
9832065450B.F. SkinnerDescribed process of operant conditioning11
9832065451Edward ThorndikeFamous for "law of effect" and research on cats in "puzzle boxes"12
9832065452John WatsonEarly behaviorist; famous for the "Little Albert" experiments on fear conditioning13
9832065454Wilhelm WundtConducted first psychology experiments in first psych laboratory14
9832065455Philip ZimbardoConducted Stanford Prison experiment15
9832065457Karen HorneyNeo-Freudian; offered feminist critique of Freud's theory16
9832065460Alfred AdlerNeo-Freudian; introduced concept of "inferiority complex" and stressed the importance of birth order17
9832065488Carl Jungneo-Freudian who created concept of "collective unconscious" and wrote books on dream interpretation18
9832065495David WeschlerDeveloper of WAIS and WISC intelligence tests19
9832065503Edward Bradford TitchenerStudent of Wundt and founder of structuralism. Used introspection to search for the mind's structural elements.20

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