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A.P. Psyche > Who’s who > Flashcards

Who’s who Flashcards

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Paul Broca

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Broca’s Area; responsible for articulated language. studied aphasia

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Charles Darwin

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evolution

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Michael Gazzaniga

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split brain research

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roger sperry

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split brain research. nature vs. nurture

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Carl Wernicke

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wernicke’s area; responsible for speech and language

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Alfred Kinsey

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researched human sexuality

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Abraham Maslow

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hierarchy of needs

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William James

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James-Lange Theory; physical response happens prior to mental response

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Stanley Schacter

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Two Factor Theory; physiological arousal and cognitive labels

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Hans Seyle

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Why do organisms respond to certain stressors

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Albert Bandura

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Bobo doll guy. Children learn by imitating actions that are rewarded or punished. Antisocial models have antisocial effects. Prosocial models have prosocial effects

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John Garcia

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Conditioned taste aversions.

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Ivan Pavlov

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Doges. Father or classical Conditioning

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Robert Rescorla

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Co-creator of the Rescorla-Wagner model of conditioning

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B.F. Skinner

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Father of Operant Conditioning. Used reward system to train animals

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Edward Thorndike

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Reinforcement is stronger than punishment in motivation

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Edward Tolman

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Behavioral Psychology

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John B. Watson

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Used principals of classical conditioning for advertisement. Father of the coffee break.

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Noam Chomsky

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Universal Grammar Theory. language is inherent

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Hermann Ebbinghaus

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“Learning Curve”, Spacing Effect. Studied memory

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Wolfgang Koehler

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studied Gestalt psychology

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Elizabeth Loftus

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showed that people can create their own memories when they can’t remember everything

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George A. Miller

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One of the founders of cognitive psychology. Contributed to Psycholinguistics

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Alfred Kinsey

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Kinsey Scale. An alleged way to test sexuality

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Abraham Maslow

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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William James

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James-Lange Theory. Physical response happens before mental response

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Stanley Schachter

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Two Factor Theory of Emotion. Physiological Arousal, then cognitive label

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Hans Selye

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Why do organisms respond differently to stressors?

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Alfred Binet

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Created the first practical intelligence test for the Paris Educational System

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Francis Galton

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Intelligence is Hereditary, Nature v. Nurture

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Howard Gardner

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Multiple Intelligences. LLMSBIIN. Linguistic, Logical Mathematical, Musical, Spatial, Bodily Kinesthetic, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Naturalist

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Charles Spearman

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“g”. General Intelligence

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Robert Sternberg

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Three Intelligences: Analytical, Creative, Practical.

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Louis Terman

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“Stanford-Binet” Test. An Americanized version of the Binet Test

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David Wechsler

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(WAIS) The Wechsler Adult intelligence scale. Also the WAIC, The Wechsler children intelligence scale, used to adjust educational curriculums for mentally disadvantaged kids.

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Gustav Fechner

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optical illusions

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David Hubel / Torsten Weisel

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Nobel prize winners for research of vision / perspective.

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Ernst Weber

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Just Noticeable Difference

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Ernest Hilgard

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famous for use of medicinal hypnosis

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Mary Ainsworth

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insecure v secure attachment

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Diana Baumrind

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categorized the different parenting styles

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Erik Erikson

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stages of psychological development

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Carol Gilligan

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advocated the feminist perspective over the male, which dominates society

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Harry Harlow

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wire / cloth monkey mother. babies need comfort for mother

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Alfred Adler

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“inferiority complex”

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Paul Costa / Robert McCrae

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C.A.N.O.E. conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, extraversion

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Sigmund Freud

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psychodynamic perspective

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Carl Jung

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“common reservoir” of collective unconsciousness

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Carl Rogers

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Humanistic Psychology. Unconditional positive regard

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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stages of moral development

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Konrad Lorenz

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different forms of attachment

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Jean Piaget

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children don’t know conservation of mass, are egocentric, and understand basic laws of physics

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Lev Vygotsky

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children learn through social environments

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Solomon Asch

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studied peer pressure effects

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Leon Festinger

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cognitive dissonance

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Stanley Milgram

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teacher / learner shock experiment

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Philip Zimbardo

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studied social roles

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aaron beck

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father of cognitive therapy

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Dorothea Dix

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created first generation mental asylums / treatment facilities

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Albert Ellis

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created rational emotive behavior therapy

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Mary Cover Jones

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developed technique of desensitization

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Joseph Wolpe

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