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AP Psych Key Figures Test

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Torston Weisel
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Roger Sperry
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Ivan Pavlov
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Albert Ellis
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George Miller
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Solomon Asch
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Carol Gilligan
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Carl Jung
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Harry Harlow
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Albert Bandura
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Robert Sternberg
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John Garcia
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Francis Galton
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Charles Spearman
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Stanley Milgram
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Gustav Fechner
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Aaron Beck
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Howard Gardener
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Elizabeth Loftus
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Mary Whiton Calkins
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theorized that short term memory's capacity for most people is "magic number plus or minus 2;" suggested chunking for memorizing
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emphasized the importance of physical contact by studying monkeys
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along with Hubel, discovered feature detectors
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felt the unconscious incorporated both personal and collective unconscious; archetypes are ancestral memories that show up as symbols in many different cultures
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performed a controversial experiment on obedience using shock
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developed the social learning theory, or the social-cognitive perspective; we learn by imitating models (observational learning); believed in reciprocal determinism as a factor of personality; self efficacy
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proposed eight different measures of intelligence
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disagreed with Kohlberg due to supposed male/female differences in morality; said females made moral decisions based more on social relationships
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believed intelligence had two factors, an s factor (specific mental abilities) and a common underlying g factor (general intelligence)
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developed classical conditioning while studying digestion in dogs
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studied how the different hemispheres operate independent of each other
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first female president of the American Psychological Association (APA)
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developed rational emotive behavioral therapy, which purpose is to change the catastrophizing belief that leads to negative consequences
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emphasized cognitive therapy; the goal is to teach clients new ways of thinking and to change illogical beliefs
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developed the triarchic theory of intelligence, stating that intelligence is either analytical, creative, or practical
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published Hereditary Genius; believed intelligence was hereditary
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felt eye witness accounts weren't necessarily accurate due to investigator influences and falsey implanted memories
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coined learned taste aversion
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defined absolute threshold and the just noticeable difference
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performed experiments on the effects of conformity
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studied sexual orientation and estimated 10% of the population in the early 1900s were homosexual
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social learning theory; observational learning (modeling); conducted the Bo-Bo doll experiment
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created cognitive maps, or mental representations of the environment; determined cognitive maps proved latent learning
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studied attachment with imprinting of goslings; felt there was a critical period for attachment
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proposed the theory of evolution; the goal of human behavior is to ensure survival and reproduction
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identified the area of the brain responsible for language; damage to the area results in expressive aphasia, or the inability to produce language
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developed the theory of cognitive dissonance
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theorized of General Adaptive Syndrome, which include three stages to stress reaction: Alarm, Resistance, and Exhaustion
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founder of behavioralism; classically conditioned Little Albert
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founded the psychoanalytic perspective; developed the five stages of psychosexual development, in each of which a possible fixation can occur

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