AP Psych Review - Famous Psychologists - Mrs. Welle 2023/2024 updated to pass

AP Psych Review - Famous Psychologists - Mrs. Mary Ainsworth - correct answer Studied attachment in infants using the "strange situation" model. Label infants "secure", "insecure" (etc.) in attachment Solomon Asch - correct answer Conducted famous conformity experiment that required subjects to match lines. Albert Bandura - correct answer Famous for the Bobo Doll experiments on observational learning & influence in the Socio-Cognitive Perspective Alfred Binet - correct answer Created first intelligence test for Parisian school children Thomas Bouchard - correct answer Studied identical twins separated at birth Noam Chomsky - correct answer Created concept of "universal grammar"; pointed out how children "overgeneralize" language rules and the concepts of "deep v. surface" structures in language Hermann Ebbinghaus - correct answer Memorized nonsense syllables in early study on human memory Erik Erikson - correct answer Known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development Sigmund Freud - correct answer Developed psychoanalysis; pioneered the "talking treatment" (psychotherapy) as intervention for psych disorders. John Garcia - correct answer studied taste aversion in rats; led to knowledge that sickness and taste preferences can be conditioned Carol Gilligan - correct answer Presented feminist critique of Kolhberg's moral development theory; believed women's moral sense guided by relationships Harry Harlow - correct answer Studied attachment in monkeys with artificial mothers William James - correct answer created Functionalist school of thought; early American psychology teacher/philosopher Ancel Keys - correct answer Conducted semi-starvation experiments to measure psych effects of hunger Lawrence Kohlberg - correct answer Famous for his theory of moral development in children; made use of moral dilemmas in assessment Elizabeth Loftus - correct answer Her research on memory construction and the misinformation effect created doubts about the accuracy of eye-witness testimony Abraham Maslow - correct answer Humanistic psychologist known for his "Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization" Stanley Milgram - correct answer Conducted "shocking" (Ha!) experiments on obedience Ivan Pavlov - correct answer Described process of classical conditioning after famous experiments with dogs Jean Piaget - correct answer Known for his theory of cognitive development in children Carl Rogers - correct answer Developed "client-centered" therapy Stanley Schachter - correct answer Developed "Two-Factor" theory of emotion; experiments on spillover effect