PSYCHologists
Considered the father of modern Psychology because he conducted the first psychological experiment.
Wilhelm Wundt
The psychologist most commonly associated with the evolutionary approach to psychology because of his belief in natural selection.
Charles Darwin
This psychologist was a contributor to the study of motivation and personality who is most famous for his hierarchy of needs.
Abraham Maslow
Considered the founder of the psychological school of behaviorism, this psychologist is most famous for an experiment with “Little Albert” that demonstrated how fears can be conditioned.
John Watson
First psychology female Ph.D
Margaret Floy Washburn
A Humanistic Psychologist who studied self-concept and emphasized the importance of unconditional positive reward.
The brain researcher famous for his study of split brain patients who proved how the two hemispheres of the brain specialize in certain functions and communicate with one another.
Michael Gazzaniga
This psychologist was a significant contributor to social psychology whose famous experiment asked participants to identify which of three comparison lines was identical to a standard line. The results of this experiment illustrated the powerful impact of conformity in social situations.
Solomon Asch
A contributor to social psychology, this psychologist is famous for the Stanford prison study that highlighted the power of obedience and authority.
Phillip Zimbardo
Research on the three parenting styles: authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive
Diana Baumrind
Psychologist who discovered this area in the left frontal lobe of the brain that is involved in speech production.
Paul Broca
This psychologist is famous for his experiments pertaining to classical conditioning where he was able to condition dogs to salivate at the sound of a tone because they learned to associate the tone with the impending presence of their dog food.
Ivan Pavlov
A contributor to the study of personality who came up with the theory of reciprocal determinism, this psychologist is most widely known for the famous Bobo doll experiments on observational learning.
Albert Bandura
Stanford-Binet IQ test research and development (including formula)
Louis Terman (or Alfred Binet)
Attachment theory research (noted the signs of relaxation when mother was close and stress when the mother was far or out of sight)
Mary Ainsworth
Psychologist who discovered this area in the left temporal lobe of the brain that is involved in the comprehension of language.
Carl Wernicke
Two-factor theory – that physiological arousal and cognitive labelling are necessary for emotions (i.e., heart racing could be either fear from a bear or affection for a loved one—the cognitive labelling identifies the emotion)
Stanley Schachter
This psychologist constructed experiments concerning memory reconstruction and highlighted the impact of the “misinformation effect” or our tendency to misremember events when exposed to misinformation.
Elizabeth Loftus
Counterconditioning research by conditioning a child to lose their fear of furry animals by relaxing and giving rewards when at a safe distance, gradually coming in closer
Mary Cover Jones
American activist on behalf of the insane who lobbied to Congress and created the first generation of mental asylums
Dorothea Dix
German Psychologist who studied memory and developed the forgetting curve where a person forgets a lot very quickly and then it levels off over time.
Hermann Ebbinghaus
He is arguably the most influential psychologist in history even though much of his theory has been disproved. He is considered the founder of the psychoanalytic perspective and he believed that human personality was largely unconscious and that it was divided into the id, the ego, and the superego.
Sigmund Freud
This psychologist is famous for his experiments pertaining to operant conditioning where with the use of reinforcement, rats and pigeons were taught various behaviors.
B.F Skinner
Female interdependence study and ethics about female emphasis on responsibilities and relationships rather than the more male-oriented morality in fairness and rules
Carol Gilligan
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Student of William James, denied Harvard Ph.D.
Mary Whiton Calkins