Major Contributors in Psychology

Developed modern IQ tests for children and adults who subscores for different mental abilities

discovered taste aversion when looking at the impact of radiation on rats

One of the founders of cognitive psychology discoverd that mind can only hold 7 pieces of info at a time

associated with "talking cure"

research on rhesus monkeys, discovering they prefer contact to food acquisition / influential for attachment theory

the behaviorist most responsible for developing operant conditioning theory

associated with cognitive therapy - created rational emotive behavior therapy

developed a theory of moral development involving three distinct stages of moral reasoning

In vestigated speech disorders - speech production

d all intelligence could be traced to a single underlying general mental ability known as g

Pioneer in intelligence testing who created a standardized test - identify children requiring extra attention in school

the study of false memory formation and the misinformation effect

beahviorist who belived that application of learning principles could help patients improve their functioning

developed a theory of motivation called the hierarchy of needs

Memory experiments demonstrated meaningless stimuli are more difficult to memorize and recall than meaningful stimuli,

reated the triarchic theory of intelligence, which maintains that analytical

Conducted the Bobo doll experiment, which demonstrated that aggression is learned by observing and modeling others

Creator of client - centered therapy / humanistic psychotherapy

developed the Strange Situation and attachment theory

Founder of functionalism

reated systematic desensitization, now used to treat phobias

Developed the theory of multiple intelligences to expand upon traditional conceptions of intelligence

Little Albert experiment

Founder of psychoanalysis

One of the founders of modern linguistics, whose theory of language acquisition emphasizes universal grammar

founded psychometrics developed idea nature vs. nurture, believed genetics was most important factor in intelligence

the behaviorist most responsible for developing operant conditioning theory

a behaviorist known for the law of effect, which served as the foundation for Skinner's operant conditioning theory

known for his contribution to the field of observational learning, including famous Bobo doll experiment on aggression

conducted naturalistic observations geese and other animals discovered simple form of attachment known as imprinting

Created Cognitive behavior Therapy

studied speech disorders - speech comprehension

Known for his systematic, scientific study of sexual behavior, developed Kinsey Scale to describe se

behaviorist who developed the idea of latent learning by conducting experiments in which rats learned to run mazes

demonstrated how specialized cells in the brain respond to visual information

Proponent of sociocultural theory who introduced the concepts of zone of proximal development (ZPD)

Developed a well-known stage theory of cognitive development, involving a progression of four distinct stages

Expanded Binet's system to create the concept of IQ & early IQ tests which mental & chronological age to calculate IQ

Conducted research on chimpanzees, who used insight to solve the problem of obtaining out-of-reach food

known for her research on four types of parenting styles

conducted research on split-brain patients

Conditioned dogs to salivate at the sound of bell after repeated pairings with food discovering classical conditioning

1st person to apply classical conditioning techniques to psychological treatment - treated a childs phobia of rabbits

psyychoanalyst known for identifying psychosocial developmental stages

Developed th eidea of evolution through natural selection