Psych History

Ivan pavlov

classical conditioning, dog experiments, first experimental model of learning.

Carol gilligan

moral dilemmas and development of young girls

John watson

father of behaviorism, little albert experiment.

Eberg papyrus

earliest mention of clinical depression.

elizabeth loftus

long term memory, repressed traumatic memories, false eyewitness accounts.

Albert bandura

Social learning theory, Bobo the clown

Alfred binet

intelligence test

Noam Chomsky

language acquisition, language is innate

erik erikson

8 stages of social development

Carl rodgers

client-centered therapy

jean piaget

4 stages cognitive development

stanley milgram

urban psych, obedience, shock experiments

solomon asch

conformity

b.f. skinner

premier behavioral psychologist, teaching machines, baby box

john watson

father of behaviorism, fear, rage, love experiment

sigmund freud

father of modern-day psychology, iceberg brain, id/ego/superego

harry harlow

monkey experiments, need for affection theory, maternal bonding

alfred adler

individual psychology, inferiority complex

elizabeth loftus

long term memory, repressed traumatic memories, false eyewitness accounts

abraham maslow

hierarchy of needs pyramid

carol gilligan

moral dilemmas and development of young girls,

lawrence kohlberg

developed/theorized moral development stages, built off piaget

mary ainsworth

longitudinal study of mother-infant interaction, ‘strange situation

willhelm wundt

father of psychology, father of sensory perception theory

eberg papyrus

earliest mention of clinical depression

helmholtz

german psychologist, sensation/perception

william battie

treatise on madness

avicenna

emotion and physical response connection

g. stanely hall

1st american to earn PhD in psych, president of APA

H ebbinghaus

memory experiments, forgetting curve

francis galton

concept of behaviorism

edward thorndike

law of effect, conditioning

max wertheimer

gestalt psychology

simon levoy

neurological explanation for sexuality