Important Psychologists

Question 1

Solomon Asch

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discovered conformity; people loathe to contradict opinions of a group

Question 2

Albert Bandura

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stated the importance of observational learning and modeling in his social-learning theory. Used the classic Bobo doll experiment where children imitated aggressive or nonaggressive play that they observed earlier

Question 3

Albert Ellis

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rational emotive behavior therapy

Question 4

Erik Erikson

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psychosocial stage theory of development

Question 5

Sigmund Freud

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psychosexual stage theory and stressed importance of unconscious and sexual drive

Question 6

Harry Harlow

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attachment studies with infant monkeys

Question 7

Lawrence Kohlberg

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stage theory of moral development

Question 8

Abraham Maslow

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hierarchy of needs; people want to self-actualize

Question 9

Stanley Milgram

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discovered obedience; people tend to obey authority figures

Question 10

Jean Piaget

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stage theory of cognitive development

Question 11

Carl Rogers

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client-centered therapy; unconditional positive regard

Question 12

B. F. Skinner

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operant conditioning, reinfordement and invented the Skinner Box

Question 13

John Watson

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father of behaviorism; Baby Albert experiment–classically conditioned fear

Question 14

Wilhelm Wundt

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set up first psychological laboratory; theory of structuralism

Question 15

Ivan Pavlov

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classical conditioning–studies of dogs and salivation