AP Psych people to know

Inferiority complex

"The Strange Situation" experiment; attachement styles

Conducted famous conformity experiment that required subjects to match lines.

Bobo doll experiment, observational learning

pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.

Developed the first IQ test, mental age, Terman developed the Stanford-binet iq test

Inserted balloons in stomach to find motivation for hunger, fight or flight, homeostasis

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

universal grammar

forgetting curve and spacing effect

pioneer in Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET), focuses on altering client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions

Personality was largely unconscious. Id, superego, and ego

humanistic, 8 psychosocial stages of development

found the effects of radiation on rats (taste aversion)

multiple intelligences (8): linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, intrapersonal, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalist intelligence

Contact comfort> feeding; wired and cloth monkey experiment

personality develops in context of social relationships, NOT sexual urges

Father of American Psychology - functionalist

collective unconscious, archetypes, myer-briggs 16 personality test

Famous for his theory of moral development in children (preconventional, conventional, and postconventional)

moral reasonings and behaviors are 2 different things

the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

hierarchy of needs, humanism, self-actualization, self-transcendence

obedience to authority; shock experiment

classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell

Four stage theory of cognitive development: 1. sensorimotor, 2. preoperational, 3. concrete operational, and 4. formal operational.

client-centered therapy, unconditional positive regard

Developed "Two-Factor" theory of emotion; physiological arousal and cognition. (Ex: a response labeled as fear by the brain)

learned helplessness

GAS (General adaptation syndrome), alarm: "fight or flight", resistance: long term metabolic changes, exhaustion: collapse of vital systems

operant conditioning

G factor (general intelligence)

Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving, practical, and creative)

professor at Stanford who revised the Binet test for Americans. The test then became the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. He is also known for his longitudinal research on gifted kids.

behaviorism; Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence

Behaviorism; Little Albert experiment

Modern IQ tests- WAIS and WISC

Father of Modern Psychology - structuralist

Stanford Prison experiment