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Anything Can Happen
100
I designed the Stanford Prison Experiment
Who is Zimbardo
100
A German Scientist who established the first psychology research lab.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt
100
My stage theory describes how infants, children, and adolescents use distinctly different cognitive abilities to understand the world. I identified 4 distinct stages of cognitive development. Each stage marks a fundamental change in how a child thinks and understands the world.
Who is Jean Piaget
100
I am a world famous Russian (later Soviet) physiologist who devoted 3 decades to carefully designing experiments to studying and formulating the principles of classical learning. Think Puppies!
Who is Pavlov
100
I am best known for the triarchic theory of intelligence.
Who is Sternberg
200
I designed an experiment that discusses obedience to authority.
Who is Milgram
200
One of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Founded the PSYCHOANALYTIC school of Psychological thought.
Who is Frued
200
I created an influential theory of social development. According to me, we enter 8 psychosocial stages of development. Each stage corresponds to a physical change and takes place in a distinct setting.
Who is Erik Erikson
200
I discovered the LAW OF EFFECT. The law of effect states that responses followed by a satisfying outcome are more likely to be repeated, while responses followed by unpleasant outcomes are less likely to be repeated.
Who is Thorndike
200
I am known for my theory of multiple intelligences.
Who is Gardner
300
I designed an experiment that discusses conformity.
Who is Asch
300
A Harvard Professor who played a key role in establishing psychology in the United States. He emphasized studying the purpose, or function, of behavior and mental experiences.
Who is William James
300
I used hypothetical moral dilemmas to study moral reasoning. My influential theories of the stages of moral development is a milestone in developmental psychology.
Who is Lawrence Kohlberg
300
I insisted that Psychologists should focus on observable behavior that could be objectively measured and verified. I formulated the principles of operant conditioning. I designed an operant chamber that has a bar or key that an animal presses to release a reward.
Who is B.F. Skinner
300
I am known for a general intelligence (g).
Who is Spearman
400
I am a developmental psychologist who conducted a famous series of experiments on rhesus monkeys. I gave orphaned baby monkeys two artificial surrogate "mothers." I concluded that the stimulation and reassurance derived from the physical touch of a parent or caregiver play a key role in developing healthy physical growth and normal socialization.
Who is Harry Harlow
400
A German physician who discovered the just noticeable difference. It is now named after him.
Who is Ernst Heinrich Weber
400
I am the best known Neo-Freudian who developed the concept of the collective unconscious.
Who is Carl Jung
400
I designed the famous BOBO doll experiment to illustrate the role of modeling in human behavior.
Who is Bandura
400
I invented the first useable intelligence test. I made the distinction between a child's mental age and chronological ages.
Who is Alfred Binet
500
I did not design an experiment. HOWEVER, I did design a series of widely used intelligence tests.
Who is David Wechsler
500
American psychologist who departed from the early psychologists by emphasizing the scientific study of observable behaviors rather than the study of subjective mental processes. ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF BEHAVIORISM.
Who is John Watson
500
I rejected Freud's pessimistic view of human nature. I offer an optimistic view that people are innately good. I argue that self-concept is the cornerstone of a person's personality.
Who is Carl Rogers
500
I am a renowned linguist who argues that young children possess an innate capacity to learn and produce speech. I note that children in widely different cultures nonetheless progress through the same stages of language development at about the same time.
Who is Noam Chomsky
500
I am considered the founder of the humanistic approach to Psychology.
Who is Maslow