Learning People

For AP Psychology’s Learning unit, here are the key people to know and their dedicated studies:

1. Ivan Pavlov - Classical conditioning (dog salivation experiments).

2. John B. Watson - Classical conditioning in humans (Little Albert experiment).

3. B.F. Skinner - Operant conditioning (Skinner Box).

4. Edward Thorndike - Law of Effect.

5. Albert Bandura - Observational learning (Bobo doll experiment).

6. Edward Tolman - Latent learning and cognitive maps.

7. Martin Seligman - Learned helplessness.