AP Psychology People to Know

Alfred Adler

A Neo-Freudian who emphasized parenting styles and the inferiority complex.

Mary Ainsworth

Studied early emotional attachment using "The Strange Situation" experiment.

Gordon Allport

Classified personality traits into cardinal, central, and secondary traits.

Albert Bandura

Conducted the Bobo doll study, explaining social learning theory.

Aaron Beck

Father of cognitive therapy, known for the cognitive triad of depression.

Alfred Binet

Developed the first widely used intelligence test and the IQ formula.

Paul Broca

Discovered Broca's area, linked to speech production.

Raymond Cattell

Identified 16 personality traits using factor analysis.

Noam Chomsky

Proposed the theory of universal grammar in linguistics.

Hermann Ebbinghaus

Created the forgetting curve, showing the exponential nature of forgetting.

Paul Ekman

Studied facial expressions and identified six universal emotions.

Albert Ellis

Founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) to challenge irrational beliefs.

Erik Erikson

Known for psychosocial development stages based on Freud's theories.

Hans Eysenck

Proposed two dimensions of personality:extraversion and neuroticism.

Sigmund Freud

Father of psychoanalysis, introduced concepts like the unconscious mind and psychosexual stages.

Solomon Asch

Known for experiments on conformity, demonstrating the influence of group pressure on behavior.

Phineas Gage

Case study showing brain damage's effect on personality.

Howard Gardner

Developed theory of multiple intelligences, opposing general intelligence.

Carol Gilligan

Criticized Kohlberg's theory of moral development as male-centered.

Francis Galton

Studied nature vs. nurture, emphasizing genetics.