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Sigmund Freud

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1856-1939; Field: psychoanalytic personality; Contributions: id/ego/superego reality and pleasure principles ego ideal defense mechanisms (expanded by Anna Freud) psychoanalysis transference

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Anna Freud

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1895-1982; Field: psychoanalysis; Contributions: focused on child psychoanalysis fully developed defense mechanisms emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle

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Carl Jung

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1875-1961; Field: neo-Freudian analytic psychology; Contributions: people had conscious and unconscious awareness; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy not just sexual; Studies: dream studies/interpretation

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Erik Erikson

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1902-1994; Field: neo-Freudian humanistic; Contributions: created an 8-stage theory to show how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting “Who am I?”

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Lawrence K_hlberg

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1927-1987; Field: cognition moral development; Contributions: created a theory of moral development that has 3 levels; focuses on moral reasoning rather than overt behavior

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Carol Gilligan

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1936-pres; Field: cognition; Contributions: maintained that K_hlberg’s work was developed by only observing boys and overlooked potential differences between the habitual moral judgments of boys and girls; girls focus more on relationships than laws and principles

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William James

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1842-1910; Field: functionalism; Contributions: studied how humans use perception to function in our environment; Studies: Pragmatism The Meaning of Truth

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William Wundt

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1832-1920; Field: structuralism voluntarism; Contributions: introspection basic units of experience; Studies: 1st psychological laboratory in world at University of Leipzig

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BF Skinner

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1904-1990; Field: behavioral; Contributions: created techniques to manipulate the consequences of an organism’s behavior in order to observe the effects of subsequent behavior; Studies: Skinner box

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John B Watson

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1878-1958; Field: behaviorism; Contributions: generalization-inductive reasoning emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; Studies: Little Albert

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Jean Piaget

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1896-1980; Field: cognition; Contributions: created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)

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Harry Harlow

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1905-1981; Field: development; Contributions: realized that touch is preferred in development; Studies: Rhesus monkeys studied attachment of infant monkeys (wire mothers v. cloth mothers)

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Carl Rogers

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1902-1987; Field: humanistic; Contributions: founded person-centered therapy theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth unconditional positive regard fully functioning person

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Abraham Maslow

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1908-1970; Field: humanism; Contributions: hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual’s motivation as long as they are unsatisfied self-actualization transcendence

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Karen Horney

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1885-1952; Field: neo-Freudian psychodynamic; Contributions: criticized Freud stated that personality is molded by current fears and impulses rather than being determined solely by childhood experiences and instincts neurotic trends

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Alfred Adler

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1870-1937; Field: neo-Freudian psychodynamic; Contributions: basic mistakes style of life inferiority/superiority complexes childhood influences personality formation; Studies: Birth Order

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Gordon Allport

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1897-1967; Field: trait theory of personality; Contributions: list of 11,000 traits 3 levels of traits-cardinal central and secondary

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Hermann Rorschach

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1884-1922; Field: personality psychoanalysis; Contributions: developed one of the first projective tests the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject’s commentary

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Solomon Asch

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1907-1996; Field: social psychology; Contributions: studied conformity found that individuals would conform even if they knew it was wrong; Studies: conformity opinions and social pressures

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Stanley Schachter

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1922-present; Field: emotion; Contributions: stated that in order to experience emotions a person must be physically aroused and know the emotion before you experience it

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Stanley Milgram

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1933-1984; Field: social psychology; Contributions: wanted to see how the German soldiers in WWII fell to obedience wanted to see how far individuals would go to be obedient; Studies: Shock Study

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Philip Zimbardo

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1933-present; Field: social psychology; Contributions: proved that peoples behavior depends to a large extent on the roles they are asked to play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied power of social roles to influence people’s behavior

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Elizabeth K˜bler-Ross

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1926-2004; Field: development; Contributions: 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. death 2. anger/resentment 3. bargaining with God 4. depression 5. acceptance)

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Elizabeth Loftus

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1944-present; Field: memory; Contributions: expert in eyewitness testimony (false memories or misinformation effect); Studies: Reconstruction of Auto. Destruction Jane Doe Case (repressed memories of Nicole Taus’ sex abuse)

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Robert Sternberg

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1949-present; Field: intelligence; Contributions: devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving practical and creative)

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Albert Bandura

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1925-present; Field: sociocultural; Contributions: pioneer in observational learning stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated ‘appropriate’ play with dolls children mimicked play

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Raymond Cattell

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1905-1998; Field: intelligence; Contributions: fluid & crystal intelligence; 3 domains of personality sphere (personality ability & motivation) 16 Personality Factors (personality test)

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Aaron Beck

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1921-present; Field: cognitive; Contributions: father of Cognitive Therapy created Beck Scales-depression inventory hopelessness scale suicidal ideation anxiety inventory and youth inventories

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Noam Chomsky

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1928-present; Field: language; Contributions: disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language humans have an inborn native ability to develop language

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Edward Thorndike

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1874-1949; Field: behaviorism; Contributions: Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence; Studies: Law of Effect with cats

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HJ Eysenck

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1916-1997; Field: personality; Contributions: asserted that personality is largely determined by genes used introversion/extroversion

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Mary Ainsworth

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1913-1999; Field: development; Contributions: compared effects of maternal separation devised patterns of attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation of parent/child attachment

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Kenneth Clark

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1914-2005; Field: social psychology; Contributions: research evidence of internalized racism caused by stigmatization; Studies: Doll experiments-black children chose white dolls

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Lev Vygotsky

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1896-1934; Field: child development; Contributions: investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development zone of proximal development; play research

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Martin Seligman

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1942-present; Field: learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology learned helplessness; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness

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Howard Gardner

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1943-present; Field: intelligence; Contributions: devised the theory of multiple intelligences (logical-mathematic spatial bodily-kinesthetic intrapersonal linguistic musical interpersonal naturalistic)

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Kurt Lewin

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1890-1947; Field: social psychology; Contributions: German refugee who escaped Nazis proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; Studies: Leadership syles-studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities

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Ivan Pavlov

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1891-1951; Field: Gastroenterology; Contributions: developed foundation for classical conditioning discovered that a UCS naturally elicits a reflexive behavior; Studies: dog salivation

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Hermann Ebbinghaus

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1850-1909; Field: memory; Contributions: 1st to conduct studies on forgetting: first a rapid loss followed by a gradual declining rate of loss; Studies: memory-series of meaningless syllables/words

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Benjamin Whorf

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1897-1941; Field: language; Contributions: his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think

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Robert Rosenthal

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1933-present; Field: social psychology; Contributions: focus on nonverbal communication self-fulfilling prophecies; Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher’s expectations on students

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Judith Langlois

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dates ?; Field: developmental; Contributions: social development & processing effects of appearance on behavior origin of social stereotypes sex/love/intimacy facial expression

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David Rosenhan

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dates?; Field: social psychology; Contributions: proved that once you are diagnosed with a disorder your care would not be very good in a mental health setting; Studies: Hospital experiment-checked into hospital to check diagnosis

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Daniel Goleman

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1946-present; Field: intelligence; Contributions: emotional intelligence

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Charles Spearman

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1863-1945; Field: intelligence; Contributions: found that specific mental talents were highly correlated concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled ‘g’ (general ability)

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Albert Ellis

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1913-2007; Field: cognitive-behavioral; Contributions: Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) focuses on altering client’s patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions

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Harry Stack Sullivan

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1892-1949; Field: psychoanalysis; Contributions: groundwork for enmeshed relationships developed the Self-System-a configuration of personality traits

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Robert Yerkes

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187601956; Field: intelligence comparative; Contributions: social behavior of gorillas/chimps Yerkes-Dodson law-level of arousal as related to performance

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Alfred Binet

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1857-1911; Field: testing; Contributions: general IQ tests designed test to identify slow learners in need of remediation-not applicable in the U.S. because too culture-bound (French)

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Little Albert

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ca. 1920; Field: behaviorism; Contributions: subject in John Watson’s experiment proved classical conditioning principles: Studies: Little Albert-generalization of fear

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Karl Wernicke

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1848-1905; Field: perception; Contributions: area of left temporal lobe involved language understanding; Studies: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense

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Ernst Weber

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1795-1878; Field: perception; Contributions: just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber’s law; Studies: 1st study on JND

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Gustav Fechner

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1801-1887; Field: perception; Contributions: stated that the magnitude of a sensory experience is proportionate to the # of JND’s that the stimulus causing the experiences above the absolute threshold

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Mary Cover-Jones

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1896-1987; Field: learning; Contributions: systematic desensitization maintained that fear could be unlearned

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Robert Zajonc

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1923-present; Field: motivation; Contributions: believes that we invent explanations to label feelings

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Henry Murray

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1893-1988; Field: intelligence testing; Contributions: devised the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with Christina Morgan stated that the need to achieve varied in strength in different people and influenced their tendency to approach and evaluate their own performances

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Paul Ekman

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1934-present; Field: emotion; Contributions: found that facial expressions are universal

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Clark Hull

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1884-1952; Field: motivation; Contributions: maintains that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state mechanism through which reinforcement operates

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David McClelland

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1917-1998; Field: intelligence testing; Contributions: devised a way to measure Murray’s theory (TAT) developed scoring system for TAT’s use in assessing achievement motivation not the TAT

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Francis Galton

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1822-1911; Field: differential psychology AKA “London School” of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: behavioral genetics maintains that personality & ability depend almost entirely on genetic inheritance; Studies: Twin Studies-compare identical & fraternal twins Hereditary Genius-used bell curve for normal distribution & “Law of Errors”-differences in intellectual ability

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Charles Darwin

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1809-1882; Field: geology biology; Contributions: transmutation of species natural selection evolution by common descent; Studies: “The Origin of Species” catalogs his voyage on the Beagle

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Lewis Terman

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1877-1956; Field: testing; Contributions: revised Binet’s IQ test and established norms for American children

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Phineas Gage

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1823-1860; Field: neurobiology; Contributions: 1st person to have a frontal lobotomy (by accident) his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning

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William Sheldon

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1898-1977; Field: personality; Contributions: theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) mesomorphic (average) and ectomorphic (skinny)

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David Weschler

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1896-1981; Field: testing; Contributions: established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS)

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Walter B. Cannon

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1871-1945; Field: motivation; Contributions: believed that gastric activity as in empty stomach was the sole basis for hunger; Studies: inserted balloons in stomachs

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1856-1939; Field: psychoanalytic personality; Contributions: id/ego/superego reality and pleasure principles ego ideal defense mechanisms (expanded by Anna Freud) psychoanalysis transference

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Sigmund Freud

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1895-1982; Field: psychoanalysis; Contributions: focused on child psychoanalysis fully developed defense mechanisms emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle

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Anna Freud

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1875-1961; Field: neo-Freudian analytic psychology; Contributions: people had conscious and unconscious awareness; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy not just sexual; Studies: dream studies/interpretation

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Carl Jung

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1902-1994; Field: neo-Freudian humanistic; Contributions: created an 8-stage theory to show how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting “Who am I?”

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Erik Erikson

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1927-1987; Field: cognition moral development; Contributions: created a theory of moral development that has 3 levels; focuses on moral reasoning rather than overt behavior

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Lawrence K_hlberg

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1936-pres; Field: cognition; Contributions: maintained that K_hlberg’s work was developed by only observing boys and overlooked potential differences between the habitual moral judgments of boys and girls; girls focus more on relationships than laws and principles

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Carol Gilligan

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1842-1910; Field: functionalism; Contributions: studied how humans use perception to function in our environment; Studies: Pragmatism The Meaning of Truth

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William James

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1832-1920; Field: structuralism voluntarism; Contributions: introspection basic units of experience; Studies: 1st psychological laboratory in world at University of Leipzig

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William Wundt

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1904-1990; Field: behavioral; Contributions: created techniques to manipulate the consequences of an organism’s behavior in order to observe the effects of subsequent behavior; Studies: Skinner box

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BF Skinner

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1878-1958; Field: behaviorism; Contributions: generalization-inductive reasoning emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; Studies: Little Albert

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John B Watson

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1896-1980; Field: cognition; Contributions: created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)

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Jean Piaget

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1905-1981; Field: development; Contributions: realized that touch is preferred in development; Studies: Rhesus monkeys studied attachment of infant monkeys (wire mothers v. cloth mothers)

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Harry Harlow

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1902-1987; Field: humanistic; Contributions: founded person-centered therapy theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth unconditional positive regard fully functioning person

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Carl Rogers

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1908-1970; Field: humanism; Contributions: hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual’s motivation as long as they are unsatisfied self-actualization transcendence

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Abraham Maslow

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1885-1952; Field: neo-Freudian psychodynamic; Contributions: criticized Freud stated that personality is molded by current fears and impulses rather than being determined solely by childhood experiences and instincts neurotic trends

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Karen Horney

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1870-1937; Field: neo-Freudian psychodynamic; Contributions: basic mistakes style of life inferiority/superiority complexes childhood influences personality formation; Studies: Birth Order

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Alfred Adler

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1897-1967; Field: trait theory of personality; Contributions: list of 11,000 traits 3 levels of traits-cardinal central and secondary

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Gordon Allport

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1884-1922; Field: personality psychoanalysis; Contributions: developed one of the first projective tests the Inkblot test which consists of 10 standardized inkblots where the subject tells a story the observer then derives aspects of the personality from the subject’s commentary

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Hermann Rorschach

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1907-1996; Field: social psychology; Contributions: studied conformity found that individuals would conform even if they knew it was wrong; Studies: conformity opinions and social pressures

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Solomon Asch

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1922-present; Field: emotion; Contributions: stated that in order to experience emotions a person must be physically aroused and know the emotion before you experience it

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Stanley Schachter

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1933-1984; Field: social psychology; Contributions: wanted to see how the German soldiers in WWII fell to obedience wanted to see how far individuals would go to be obedient; Studies: Shock Study

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Stanley Milgram

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1933-present; Field: social psychology; Contributions: proved that peoples behavior depends to a large extent on the roles they are asked to play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied power of social roles to influence people’s behavior

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Philip Zimbardo

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1926-2004; Field: development; Contributions: 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. death 2. anger/resentment 3. bargaining with God 4. depression 5. acceptance)

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Elizabeth K˜bler-Ross

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1944-present; Field: memory; Contributions: expert in eyewitness testimony (false memories or misinformation effect); Studies: Reconstruction of Auto. Destruction Jane Doe Case (repressed memories of Nicole Taus’ sex abuse)

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Elizabeth Loftus

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1949-present; Field: intelligence; Contributions: devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving practical and creative)

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Robert Sternberg

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1925-present; Field: sociocultural; Contributions: pioneer in observational learning stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated ‘appropriate’ play with dolls children mimicked play

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Albert Bandura

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1905-1998; Field: intelligence; Contributions: fluid & crystal intelligence; 3 domains of personality sphere (personality ability & motivation) 16 Personality Factors (personality test)

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Raymond Cattell

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1921-present; Field: cognitive; Contributions: father of Cognitive Therapy created Beck Scales-depression inventory hopelessness scale suicidal ideation anxiety inventory and youth inventories

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Aaron Beck

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1928-present; Field: language; Contributions: disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language humans have an inborn native ability to develop language

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Noam Chomsky

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1874-1949; Field: behaviorism; Contributions: Law of Effect-relationship between behavior and consequence; Studies: Law of Effect with cats

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Edward Thorndike

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1916-1997; Field: personality; Contributions: asserted that personality is largely determined by genes used introversion/extroversion

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HJ Eysenck

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1913-1999; Field: development; Contributions: compared effects of maternal separation devised patterns of attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation of parent/child attachment

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Mary Ainsworth

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1914-2005; Field: social psychology; Contributions: research evidence of internalized racism caused by stigmatization; Studies: Doll experiments-black children chose white dolls

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Kenneth Clark

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1896-1934; Field: child development; Contributions: investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development zone of proximal development; play research

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Lev Vygotsky

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1942-present; Field: learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology learned helplessness; Studies: Dogs demonstrating learned helplessness

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Martin Seligman

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1943-present; Field: intelligence; Contributions: devised the theory of multiple intelligences (logical-mathematic spatial bodily-kinesthetic intrapersonal linguistic musical interpersonal naturalistic)

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Howard Gardner

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1890-1947; Field: social psychology; Contributions: German refugee who escaped Nazis proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; Studies: Leadership syles-studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities

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Kurt Lewin

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1891-1951; Field: Gastroenterology; Contributions: developed foundation for classical conditioning discovered that a UCS naturally elicits a reflexive behavior; Studies: dog salivation

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Ivan Pavlov

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1850-1909; Field: memory; Contributions: 1st to conduct studies on forgetting: first a rapid loss followed by a gradual declining rate of loss; Studies: memory-series of meaningless syllables/words

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Hermann Ebbinghaus

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1897-1941; Field: language; Contributions: his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think

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Benjamin Whorf

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1933-present; Field: social psychology; Contributions: focus on nonverbal communication self-fulfilling prophecies; Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher’s expectations on students

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Robert Rosenthal

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dates ?; Field: developmental; Contributions: social development & processing effects of appearance on behavior origin of social stereotypes sex/love/intimacy facial expression

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Judith Langlois

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dates?; Field: social psychology; Contributions: proved that once you are diagnosed with a disorder your care would not be very good in a mental health setting; Studies: Hospital experiment-checked into hospital to check diagnosis

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David Rosenhan

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1946-present; Field: intelligence; Contributions: emotional intelligence

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Daniel Goleman

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1863-1945; Field: intelligence; Contributions: found that specific mental talents were highly correlated concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled ‘g’ (general ability)

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Charles Spearman

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1913-2007; Field: cognitive-behavioral; Contributions: Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) focuses on altering client’s patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions

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Albert Ellis

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1892-1949; Field: psychoanalysis; Contributions: groundwork for enmeshed relationships developed the Self-System-a configuration of personality traits

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Harry Stack Sullivan

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187601956; Field: intelligence comparative; Contributions: social behavior of gorillas/chimps Yerkes-Dodson law-level of arousal as related to performance

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Robert Yerkes

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1857-1911; Field: testing; Contributions: general IQ tests designed test to identify slow learners in need of remediation-not applicable in the U.S. because too culture-bound (French)

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Alfred Binet

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ca. 1920; Field: behaviorism; Contributions: subject in John Watson’s experiment proved classical conditioning principles: Studies: Little Albert-generalization of fear

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Little Albert

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1848-1905; Field: perception; Contributions: area of left temporal lobe involved language understanding; Studies: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense

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Karl Wernicke

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1795-1878; Field: perception; Contributions: just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber’s law; Studies: 1st study on JND

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Ernst Weber

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1801-1887; Field: perception; Contributions: stated that the magnitude of a sensory experience is proportionate to the # of JND’s that the stimulus causing the experiences above the absolute threshold

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Gustav Fechner

120
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1896-1987; Field: learning; Contributions: systematic desensitization maintained that fear could be unlearned

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Mary Cover-Jones

121
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1923-present; Field: motivation; Contributions: believes that we invent explanations to label feelings

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Robert Zajonc

122
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1893-1988; Field: intelligence testing; Contributions: devised the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with Christina Morgan stated that the need to achieve varied in strength in different people and influenced their tendency to approach and evaluate their own performances

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Henry Murray

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1934-present; Field: emotion; Contributions: found that facial expressions are universal

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Paul Ekman

124
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1884-1952; Field: motivation; Contributions: maintains that the goal of all motivated behavior is the reduction or alleviation of a drive state mechanism through which reinforcement operates

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Clark Hull

125
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1917-1998; Field: intelligence testing; Contributions: devised a way to measure Murray’s theory (TAT) developed scoring system for TAT’s use in assessing achievement motivation not the TAT

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David McClelland

126
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1822-1911; Field: differential psychology AKA “London School” of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: behavioral genetics maintains that personality & ability depend almost entirely on genetic inheritance; Studies: Twin Studies-compare identical & fraternal twins Hereditary Genius-used bell curve for normal distribution & “Law of Errors”-differences in intellectual ability

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Francis Galton

127
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1809-1882; Field: geology biology; Contributions: transmutation of species natural selection evolution by common descent; Studies: “The Origin of Species” catalogs his voyage on the Beagle

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Charles Darwin

128
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1877-1956; Field: testing; Contributions: revised Binet’s IQ test and established norms for American children

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Lewis Terman

129
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1823-1860; Field: neurobiology; Contributions: 1st person to have a frontal lobotomy (by accident) his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning

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Phineas Gage

130
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1898-1977; Field: personality; Contributions: theory that linked personality to physique on the grounds that both are governed by genetic endowment: endomorphic (large) mesomorphic (average) and ectomorphic (skinny)

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William Sheldon

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1896-1981; Field: testing; Contributions: established an intelligence test especially for adults (WAIS)

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David Weschler

132
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1871-1945; Field: motivation; Contributions: believed that gastric activity as in empty stomach was the sole basis for hunger; Studies: inserted balloons in stomachs

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Walter B. Cannon

GRE Psychology Subject Exam (5 decks)

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