Untitled Flashcards Set

Ivan Pavlov – Classical conditioning (Pavlov’s dogs).

John B. Watson – Little Albert experiment (classical conditioning applied to humans).

B.F. Skinner – Operant conditioning (reinforcement and punishment, Skinner Box).

Albert Bandura – Social learning theory (Bobo Doll experiment, observational learning).

Elizabeth Loftus – False memories & misinformation effect (critical for memory topics).

Noam Chomsky – Language acquisition is biologically determined (important for cognition & language).

Jean Piaget – Cognitive development stages (if developmental psychology is covered).

Eric Kandel – Memory formation & synaptic changes (important for neuroscience-related questions).
Howard Gardner – Multiple Intelligences Theory (widely debated but useful).
Robert Sternberg – Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (analytical, creative, practical Alfred Binet – First intelligence test (led to modern IQ testing).
David Wechsler – WAIS intelligence test (widely used today).
Raymond Cattell – Crystallized vs. fluid intelligence (useful for intelligence discussions).

Charles Spearman – G factor of intelligence (good for intelligence discussions, but less tested).
Louis Terman – Stanford-Binet IQ test (important for testing history but lower priority).
Benjamin Whorf – Linguistic relativity hypothesis (not as commonly tested).
Sigmund Freud – Dream analysis (Freud is foundational, but this topic is not a primary focus in modern psychology).
Carl Jung – Collective unconscious (less critical outside of psychoanalysis).
Marilu Henner – Hyperthymesia (interesting but not foundational).
James Flynn – Flynn Effect (good for intelligence trends, but not critical).