Name that Theorist
"Can I Get UR Number?"
Terms that start with the letter P
100

I dissected hundreds of eels, looking for their gonads. I am most interested in the unconscious mind and its impacts on our psychological experience

Who is Sigmund Freud?

100

Number of autosomes in human chromosomal composition

What is 44 (or 22 pairs)?

100

Perhaps an adjective to describe the bones of someone with osteoporosis or a giggly character with square trousers

What is porous?

200

I proposed classical conditioning theory after conducting experiments on a salivating dog. 

Who is Ivan Pavlov?

200
Number of chromosomes of an individual with Trisomy 21

What is 47?

200

Term describing the gradual loss of visual acuity as an individual ages

What is presbyopia?

300

I proposed operant conditioning as a learning theory

Who is B.F. Skinner?

300

Number of stages in Freud's theory of psychosexual development

What is 5?

300

Term used to describe the period of lifespan development prior to the infancy period

What is the prenatal stage?

400

I conducted the Little Albert experiment alongside my graduate student colleague, Rosalie Rayner

Who is John Watson?

400

Average number of years by which most infants develop 20/20 vision

What is 2?

400

The term used for the second stage of Piaget's proposed stages of cognitive development

What is the preoperational stage?

500

I proposed a bioecological theory of development. It attempts to describe the various systems that shape human development (such as the mesosystem, the exosystem, and the macrosystem) and how those impacts occur at an intersection with one's genetic predispositions

Who is Bronfenbrenner?

500

This number describes your performance as a player today

What is 8? 'Cause y'all ate that. 

500

Vygotsky proposes this "zone of ______ development," which describes the tasks we can accomplish at various ages, with the assistance of an experienced helper

What is proximal?