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Important People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abraham Maslow; Motivation and Emotion | Humanist Psychologist, developed a "hierarchy of needs" that stressed the importance of positive growth and self actualization |
| Albert Bandura; Learning | stressed the importance of observation and imitation in learning and proposed a more social learning approach |
| Alfred Adler; Personality | Psychodynamic, founder of individual psychology who developed the idea of "striving for superiority" and the "inferiority complex" |
| Alfred Binet; Testing/Individual Differences | Worked with Theodore Simon to devise the first modern intelligence test in 1905 |
| Alfred Kinsey; Motivation | His research described human sexual behavior (orientation) and was controversial (for it's methodology and findings) Kinsey report, Kinsey scale |
| B.F. Skinner; Learning/ Treatment | One of the most influential psychologists of the late 20th century advocated the idea that behavior is controlled by its consequences (behaviorism) |
| Carl Jung; Personality | developed the concept of the collective unconscious and archetypes, founded the Analytical School of Psychology |
| Carl Lange; Emotion | With William James developed a theory of emotions whereby emotions are the result of bodily reactions |
| Carl Rogers; Treatment/Personality | Developed a form of therapy called client-centered therapy, which stresses humanistic ideas such as positive personal growth |
| Charles Darwin; History/Approaches | Naturalistic research and writings on the origin of species had a direct influence on the early school of psychology known as functionalism |
| Edward Thorndike; Learning | American psychologist who discovered the "law of effect" through his experiments with cats in a "puzzle box" |
| Edward Titchener; Learning | Famous in psychology for his work on learning theory that lead to the development of operant conditioning within behaviorism |
| Erik Erikson; Development | Developed an eight stage theory of psychosocial development beginning with the trust versus mistrust |
| G. Stanley Hall; History/ Approaches | Established the first American psychology lab, the first professional journal of psychology and founded the American Psychological Association |
| Harry Harlow; Developmental | American psychologist who studied attachment to caregivers in infant monkeys |
| Herman Rorschach; Personality | Developed the inkblot test |
| Ivan Parlov; History/ Approaches | Nobel prize for work in the area of digestion, discovered that animals could learn to respond to completely arbitrary stimuli. Classical conditioning |
| Jean Pidget; Developmental | Developed a four stage theory of cognitive development in children |
| John B. Watson; Behavioral | Behaviorism was founded with the publication of his influential article "psychology as the behaviorist views it" |
| John Locke; Personality | English philosopher argued every person begins life as "tabula rasa" (blank slate) and all knowledge is the result of experience, a view that became known as empiricism |
| Karen Horney; Personality | Charged that psychoanalytical theory as developed by Freud was male-biased and proposed a more social-cultural approach to balance the masculine view of psychology at the time |
| Mary Ainsworth; Developmental | Studied attachment in infants using "strange situation" model. Label infants "secure", "insecure" etc in attatchment |
| Mary Whiton Calkin | The first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association and the American Philosophical Association |
| Philip Zimbardo; Social | Proved peoples behavior depends to a large extent on the roles they are asked to play |
| Rene Descartes; History/Approaches | Dualism holds that reality is composed of two entities, mind and body with the mind being entirely distinct from the body. |
| Sigmund Freud; Personality/Treatment/Development | Founder of the Psychoanalytical School of Psychology through his development of the ID, Ego, and Superego |
| Soloman Asch; Social | Studied conformity and how group pressure effects distortion of judgement by asking subjects to compare the lengths of different lines |
| Stanley Milgram; Social | Conducted controversial research on social obedience |
| Stanley Schacter; Emotion | Developed "two factor" theory of emotion |
| Margaret Floy Washburn; History/ Approaches | First woman to hold a PH.d in psychology |
| Willem Wundt; History/ Approaches | Established the first psychology laboratory, Father of Psychology |
| William James; History/ Approaches | Author of The Principles of Psychology which influenced an early development of psychology, first educator of psychology in America |
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