Influential Psychologists

Who promoted the idea of a "hierarchy of needs", which basically says people can't fulfill their potential if their basic/lower/biological needs are not being met?

• Sigmund Freud

• Abraham Maslow

• Wilhelm Wundt

• B. F. Skinner

Who studied the practice of behavior modification? Behavior is likely to be repeated if encouraged and unlikely to be repeated if punished.

• Sigmund Freud

• B. F. Skinner

• Abraham Maslow

• Ivan Pavlov

Who proposed the theory of the id (unconscious instincts), ego (conscious personality), and superego (moral values)?

• Sigmund Freud

• B. F. Skinner

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Carl Rogers

Who is called the 'Founder of Modern Psychology'? He established the first laboratory for conducting psychological experiments.

• Sigmund Freud

• B. F. Skinner

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Carl Rogers

Who used a controversial experiment involving children mimicking aggressive behavior displayed by adults (the Bobo Doll experiment) to demonstrate his social learning theory.

• Albert Bandura

• John B. Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

Who established client-centered therapy based on the belief of self-actualization (people's tendency to work toward fulfilling their potential)?

• Sigmund Freud

• B. F. Skinner

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Carl Rogers

Who explained 'classical conditioning' through an experiment showing that dogs could be trained to associate a bell with the feeling of hunger?

• Albert Bandura

• John B. Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

Who explained the 'stream of consciousness'? Humans can only experience one mental event at a time, and these events flow from one to the next in a continuous stream.

• Albert Bandura

• John B. Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

Who used a controversial experiment involving an infant being conditioned to fear a rat (Little Albert) to demonstrate that emotions, including fear, are learned behaviors?

• Albert Bandura

• John B. Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

Who described a set of personality archetypes, including the idea of introverts and extroverts?

• Albert Bandura

• John B. Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• Carl Jung