ap psychology important psychologists

Studied attachment in infants using the "strange situation" model. Label infants "secure", "insecure" (etc.) in attachment

Conducted famous conformity experiment that required subjects to match lines.

Famous for the Bobo Doll experiments on observational learning & influence in the Socio-Cognitive Perspective

Created first intelligence test for Parisian school children

Created concept of "universal grammar"

Memorized nonsense syllables in early study on human memory

Known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development

Developed psychoanalysis; considered to be "father of modern psychiatry"

Studied attachment in monkeys with artificial mothers

created Functionalist school of thought; early American psychology teacher/philosopher

Famous for his theory of moral development in children; made use of moral dilemmas in assessment

Her research on memory construction and the misinformation effect created doubts about the accuracy of eye-witness testimony

Humanistic psychologist known for his "Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization"

Conducted "shocking" (Ha!) experiments on obedience

Described process of classical conditioning after famous experiments with dogs

Known for his theory of cognitive development in children

Developed "client-centered" therapy

Developed "Two-Factor" theory of emotion; experiments on spillover effect

Described process of operant conditioning

Famous for "law of effect" and research on cats in "puzzle boxes"

Early behaviorist; famous for the "Little Albert" experiments on fear conditioning

Famous for describing concept of "liguistic determinism"

Conducted first psychology experiments in first psych laboratory

Conducted Stanford Prison experiment

Described General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

Neo-Freudian; offered feminist critique of Freud's theory

Neo-Freudian; introduced concept of "inferiority complex" and stressed the importance of birth order

Developed cognitive-behavior therapy, created a "depression inventory" test

his survival of a horrible industrial accident taught us about the role of the frontal lobes (okay, he's not really a psychologist...)

first female president of the APA (1905); a student of William James; denied the PhD she earned from Harvard because of her sex (later, posthumously, it was granted to her)

his idea, that the genetic composition of a species can be altered through natural selection, has had a lasting impact on psychology through the evolutionary perspective

the part of the brain responsible for coordinating muscles involved in speech was named for him, because he first identified it

an area of the brain (in the left temporal lobe) involved in language comprehension and expression was named for him because he discovered it

Conducted the "HE-ART" experiments with split brain patients

best known for "________'s Law" (last name), the notion that the JND magnitude is proportional to the stimulus magnitude

researched classical conditioning; found subjects learn the predictability of an event through trials (cognitive element)

researched rats' use of "cognitive maps"

considered to be the founder of Gestalt Psychology

his research described human sexual behavior and was controversial (for its methodology & findings)

founder of "Social Development Theory" (note: not "social learning theory" OR "psychosocial" development...); emphasizes importace of More Knowledge Others (MKO) and the Zone of Proximal Development

neo-Freudian who created concept of "collective unconscious" and wrote books on dream interpretation

best known for his theory of "multiple intelligences"

creator of "g-factor", or general intelligence, concept

creator of "successful intelligence" theory (3 types)

advocate of intelligence testing in US; developed Standford-Binet test and oversaw army's use of intelligence testing during WWI

Developer of WAIS and WISC intelligence tests

Interested in the universality of facial expressions: facial expressions carry same meaning regardless of culture, context, or language. Use of microexpressions to detect lying.

Used direct observation and experimentation to study sexual response cycle (4 stages)

Intelligence: fluid & crystal intelligence; personality testing: 16 Personality Factors (16PF personality test)

Student of Wundt and founder of structuralism. Used introspection to search for the mind's structural elements.