Fabulous 15: AP Psychology
Solomon Asch
Social Psychology- conformity and impression formation experiments
Erik Erikson
Neo-Freudian who developed the psychosocial stages (Trust vs mistrust, Initiative vs. guilt, etc.)
Stanley Milgram
Obedience Studies: When told to do something, decidedly so even if it were wrong, subject would comply
Lawrence Kohlberg
Stage Theory of Moral Development (Preconventional, Conventional, PostConventional)
Jean Piaget
Developmental: Stage Theory of Cognitive Development (Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operations, Formal Operations).
Harry Harlow
Attachment study with infant monkeys
Albert Bandura
Determined Observational learning (bobo dolls)--Modeling, Self-Efficacy and therefore Social Learning Theory/Model
Willhelm Wundt
Established the first psych lab in germany and developed the theory of Structuralism (The mind operates by combining subjective emotions and objective sensations)
Abraham Manslow
Hierarchy of needs, self-actualization
John Watson
Learning: Father of Behaviorism, baby Albert Experiment in which he was able to classically condition fear
B.F Skinner
Learning: Operant Conditioning, reinforcement; invented Skinner Box
Ivan Pavlov
Learning: Operant Conditioning, well known for his dog/saliva research and conditioned/unconditioned stimuli
Sigmund Freud
Psychosexual stage theory of Personality, stressed importance of the unconscious mind and repressed memories, sexual drive, psychoanalysis, and theory of dreaming
Albert Ellis
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Directly confront dysfunctional phobias of their clients
Carl Rogers
Treatment and Personality: Client-centered Therapy/ Humanistic treatment technique of constant positive vibes