Studied attachment in infants using the "strange situation" model. Label infants "secure" "insecure" (etc.) in attachment

Conducts famous conformity experiment that required subjects to match lines

Famous for the Bobo Doll experiments on observational learning and influence in the Socio-Cognitive Perspective

Created the first intelligence test for Parisian school children

Studied identical twins separated at birth

Created concept of "universal grammar"

Memorized nonsense syllables in an early study on human memory

Known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development

Developed Psychoanalysis; considered to be "father of modern psychiatry"

Studied taste aversion in rats; led to knowledge that sickness and taste preferences can be conditioned

Presented feminist critique of Kohlberg's moral development theory; believed women's mora sense was guided by relationships

Studied attachment in monkeys with artificial mothers

Created Functionalist school of thought; early American psychology teacher/philosopher

Conducted longitudinal studies on temperament (infant to adolescence)

Conducted semi-starvation experiments to measure psychological effects of hunger

Famous for his theory of moral development in children; made use of moral dilemmas in assessment

Her research on memory construction and the misinformation effect created doubts about the accuracy of eye-witness testimony

Humanistic psychologist known for his "Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization"

Conducted "shocking" (Ha!) experiments on obedience

Described process of classical conditioning after famous experiments with dogs

Known for his theory of cognitive development in children

Developed "client-centered" therapy

Developed "Two-Factor" theory of emotion; experiments on spillover effect

Described process of operant conditioning

Famous for "law of effect" and research on cats in "puzzle boxes"

Early behaviorist; famous for "Little Albert" experiments on fear conditioning

Famous for describing concept of "linguistic determinism"

Conducted first psychology experiments in first pysch labratory

Conducted Stanford Prison experiment

(Accidentally) described General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

Neo-Freudian; offered feminist critique of Freud's theory

Conducted experiments with dogs that led to the concept of "learned helplessness"

Creator of Gestalt Therapy

Neo-Freudian; introduced concept of "inferiority complex" and stressed the importance of birth order

Developed "rational emotive behavior therapy" (REBT)

Developed cognitive-behavior therapy

Founder of Trait Theory

his survival of a horrible industrial accident taught us about the role of the frontal lobes (okay, he's not really a psychologist)

offered famous critique of trait theory and it's claims

studied achievement motivation; found those with high levels are driven to master challenging tasks

wrote "On Death and Dying"; developed 5 stage theory of grief

first female president of the APA (1905); a student of William James; denied the Ph.D. she earned from Harvard because of her sex (granted to her later)

his idea, that the genetic composition of a species can be altered through natural selection, has had a lasting impact on psychology through the evolutionary perspective

American activist who successfully pressured lawmakers to construct & fund asylums for the mentally ill

first American to work for Wundt; Founded the American Psychological Association (now largest organization of psychologists in the USA) and became the first president.

First female to be awarded a Ph.D. in psychology; 2nd president of the APA

the part of the brain responsible for coordinating muscles involved in speech was named for him because he first identified it

an area of the brain (in the left temporal lobe) involved in language comprehension and expression was named for him because he discovered it

Conducted the "HE-ART" experiments with split-brain patients

like Gazzaniga, studied split-brain patients; showed that the left/right hemispheres have different functions

early German psychologist credited with founding psychophysics

two Nobel-prize winning neuroscientists who demonstrated the importance of "feature factor" neurons in visual perception

best known for "Weber's Law", the notion that the JND magnitude is proportional to the stimulus magnitude

famous for his hypnosis research & the "hidden observer" theory

researched classical conditioning; found subjects learn the predictability of an event through trials (cognitive element)

researched rats' use of "cognitive maps"

considered to be the founder of Gestalt Psychology

made famous the phrase: "the magical number 7, plus or minus 2" when describing human memory

his research described human sexual behavior and was controversial (for it's methodology & findings)

her theory of parenting styles had three main types (permissive, authoritative, & authoritarian)

founder of "Social Development Theory" (note: not "social learning theory" OR "psychosocial" development); emphasizes the importance of More Knowledge Others (MKO) and the Zone of Proximal Development

won Nobel prize for research on imprinting

neo-Freudian who created concept of "collective unconscious" and wrote books on dream interpretation

creators of the "Big Five" model of personality traits

interested in link between heredity and intelligence; founder of the eugenics movement

best known for his theory of "multiple intelligences"