Famous psychologists (and their most known accomplishments) that you should know for the AP Psychology Exam.
9832065428 | Solomon Asch | Conducted famous conformity experiment that required subjects to match lines. | 0 | |
9832065429 | Albert Bandura | Famous for the Bobo Doll experiments on observational learning & influence in the Socio-Cognitive Perspective | 1 | |
9832065434 | Erik Erikson | Known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development | 2 | |
9832065435 | Sigmund Freud | Developed psychoanalysis; considered to be "father of modern psychiatry" | 3 | |
9832065438 | Harry Harlow | Studied attachment in monkeys with artificial mothers | 4 | |
9832065439 | William James | created Functionalist school of thought; early American psychology teacher/philosopher | 5 | |
9832065442 | Lawrence Kohlberg | Famous for his theory of moral development in children; made use of moral dilemmas in assessment | 6 | |
9832065444 | Abraham Maslow | Humanistic psychologist known for his "Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization" | 7 | |
9832065445 | Stanley Milgram | Conducted "shocking" (Ha!) experiments on obedience | 8 | |
9832065446 | Ivan Pavlov | Described process of classical conditioning after famous experiments with dogs | 9 | |
9832065447 | Jean Piaget | Known for his theory of cognitive development in children | 10 | |
9832065450 | B.F. Skinner | Described process of operant conditioning | 11 | |
9832065451 | Edward Thorndike | Famous for "law of effect" and research on cats in "puzzle boxes" | 12 | |
9832065452 | John Watson | Early behaviorist; famous for the "Little Albert" experiments on fear conditioning | 13 | |
9832065454 | Wilhelm Wundt | Conducted first psychology experiments in first psych laboratory | 14 | |
9832065455 | Philip Zimbardo | Conducted Stanford Prison experiment | 15 | |
9832065457 | Karen Horney | Neo-Freudian; offered feminist critique of Freud's theory | 16 | |
9832065460 | Alfred Adler | Neo-Freudian; introduced concept of "inferiority complex" and stressed the importance of birth order | 17 | |
9832065488 | Carl Jung | neo-Freudian who created concept of "collective unconscious" and wrote books on dream interpretation | 18 | |
9832065495 | David Weschler | Developer of WAIS and WISC intelligence tests | 19 | |
9832065503 | Edward Bradford Titchener | Student of Wundt and founder of structuralism. Used introspection to search for the mind's structural elements. | 20 |