AP Psychology: Key People
Karl Wernicke
"Wernicke's area"; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense
Paul Broca
(brain) discovered Broca's area which controls language expression
Michael Gazzaniga
1939-present; Field: cognition (neuroscience); Studied of the neural basis of mind with primary responsibility for initiating human split-brain research. In his subsequent work he has made important advances in our understanding of functional lateralization in the brain and how the cerebral hemispheres communicate with one another.
Francis Collins
Famous doctor that said we should identify genome so we can preditct (with environmental factors) how you'll be; New head of the FDA
Charles Darwin
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
Alice Eagly
Found an interaction between gender and social status with regard to how easily an individual might be influenced or swayed
Wendy Wood
Majority cause minority conform using normative influence. may be a case of public compliance without private acceptance. minority rarely influence this way. they exert influence using informational social influence. Introduces new an unexpected information makes group examine issues more carefully. adopt some or all of views. often achieve private compliance via ISI.
Thomas Bouchard
Minnesota twin study 1979 (biology) twins that were reared apart had similarities so this must be attributed to their genes
David Lykken
case studies on twins and lie detection. Set-point theory of happiness, which argues that one's sense of well-being is half determined by genetics and by circumstances
Robert Plomin
discovered that heredity and experience jointly influence most aspects of behavior
David Buss
found evidence that women place a higher value on potential partners' status, ambition and financial prospects; men placed a higher value on potential mates' physical attractiveness
Phineas Gage
railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function
Roger Sperry
studied split brain patients; showed that left/right hemispheres have different functions
