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