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AP Psychology Key Psychologists/Important Figures

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Credited as the father of psychology because he was the first to establish psychology as an experimental science.

a)

John Locke

b)

Wilhem Wundt

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Max Weber

2.

believed that the mind is separate from the body. This is referred to as dualism- the mind continues after the body dies.

a)

Soloman Ascho

b)

Socrates/Plato

c)

Max Weber

d)

Sigmund Freud

3.

Known for his theory of natural selection

a)

William James

b)

John Locke

c)

Wilhelm Wundt

d)

Charles Darwin

4.

John lock theorized the mind is like a blank slate he called this

a)

Tabula Rasa

b)

Arbeit Macht Frei

c)

E pluribus unum

d)

Hasta la vista

5.
Little Baby Albert
a)
J.B. Watson
b)
Erik Erikson
c)
Carl Rogers
d)
Carl Jungs
6.
8 Stages of Psychosocial Development
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
Erik Erikson
c)
Carl Rogers
d)
William James
7.
Stages of Death
a)
Elizabeth Kobler Ross
b)
Diana Baumrind
c)
H. Ebbinghaus
d)
H. Harlow
8.
Id, ego, superego
a)
S. Freud
b)
Ann Freud
c)
Carl Jung
d)
Carl Rogers
9.
Conformity, using lines
a)
Stanley Milgram
b)
Solomon Asch
c)
Philip Zimbardo
d)
James Lange
10.
Operant Conditioning
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
Erik Erikson
d)
Abraham Maslow
11.
Self transcendence, 
a)
Abraham Maslow
b)
Carl Rogers
c)
John Garcia
d)
Wilhelm Wundt
12.
Bobo Doll, imitation learning
a)
Albert Bandura
b)
Solomon Asch
c)
Philp Zimbardo
d)
Alfred Binet
13.
Law of effect
a)
Carl Rogers
b)
Edward Thorndike
c)
Benjamin Whorf
d)
Howard Gardner
14.
Theory of multiple intelligences
a)
Martin Seligman
b)
Noam Chomsky
c)
Howard Gardner
d)
Kohlerg
15.
Cognitive Development
a)
Piaget
b)
Freud
c)
Erikson
d)
Gardner
16.
Moral Development
a)
Loftus
b)
Piaget
c)
Kohlberg
d)
Lev Vygotsky
17.

She said, "men suffer from "womb envy", environment and cultural experience can create anxiety.

a)

Mary Calkins

b)

Dorothea Dix

c)

Margaret Washburn

d)

Anna Freud

e)

Karen Horney

18.

She did the "Stranger situation experiment"

a)

Margaret Washburn

b)

Mary Calkins

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Dorothea Dix

19.

The concept of "Storm and Stress"

a)

Wilhem Wundt

b)

Stanley Hall

20.

Forgetting Curve

a)

Hermann Ebbinghaus

b)

Edward Tolman

21.

Insight learning (chimps solve puzzle to get bananas)

a)

Wolfgang Köhler

b)

Edward Tolman

22.

Classical Conditioning

a)

Ivan Pavlov

b)

BF Skinner

23.

Inborn Universal grammar

a)

Noam Chomsky

b)

Benjamin Whorf

24.

Developed the idea of nature vs nurture

a)

Daniel Goleman

b)

Francis Galton

c)

Harry Harlow

25.

Kohlberg's greatest critic

a)

Carol Gilligan

b)

Howard Gardner

c)

Harry Harlow

d)

Karen Horney

26.

Study of obedience to authority figures. Learner and teacher

a)

Stanley Milgram

b)

Philip Zimbardo

c)

Solomon Asch

27.

Cognitive Development, "Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete, Formal

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Erik Erikson

c)

Lawrence Kohlberg

d)

Paul Costa

28.

Ink blot test

a)

Rorschach

b)

Rosenhan

c)

Seligman

d)

Milgram

29.

He sent fake patients who pretended to have disorders to mental hospitals and they were still treated for months after reporting feeling fine.

a)

Ernst Weber

b)

Phineas Gage

c)

David Rosenhan

d)

Alfred Binet

30.

Cardinal Traits and central traits of personality

a)

Gordon Allport

b)

Raymond Cattell

c)

Paul Ekman

d)

Albert Ellis

31.

Stable vs unstable; introvert vs extrovert

a)

J. Watson

b)

H. Eyesenck

c)

R. Rescorla

d)

C. Spearman

32.

IQ formula; IQ=MA/CA

a)

C. Spearman

b)

A. Binet

c)

R. Sternberg

d)

D. Wechsler

33.
Who was the first woman to be president of the American Psychological Association?
a)
Margaret Floy Washburn
b)
Rosalie Rayner
c)
Dorthea Dix
d)
Mary Calkins
34.
Who would have been most likely to ignore mental processes and to define psychology as “the scientific study of observable behavior”?
a)
Edward Titchner
b)
Jean Piaget
c)
John B. Watson
d)
William James
35.
The Principles of Psychology was written by who in 1890?
a)
Edward Titchener
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
William James
d)
Wilhelm Wundt
36.
William James founded this early school of thought that was also influenced by Charles Darwin.
a)
Structuralism
b)
Functionalism
c)
Behaviorism
d)
Humanism
37.

Who measured a child's mental age and was the first to design tests to predict school achievement?

a)

William Stern

b)

Alfred Binet

c)

Lewis Terman

d)

David Wechsler

38.

Created concept of "universal grammar"; pointed out how children "overgeneralize" language rules and the concepts of "deep v. surface" structures in language

a)

Noam Chomsky

b)

Hermann Ebbinghaus

c)

John Garcia

d)

Harry Harlow

39.
Conditioned Taste Aversion
a)
Wilhelm Wundt
b)
John Garcia
c)
Albert Bandura
d)
B.F. Skinner
40.

Presented feminist critique of Kolhberg's moral development theory; believed women's moral sense guided by relationships

a)

Carol Gilligan

b)

Dorothe Dix

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Elizabeth Loftus

41.

Developed "client-centered" therapy

a)

Carl Rogers

b)

Carl Jung

c)

Abraham Maslow

d)

Stanley Schachter

42.

Developed "Two-Factor" theory of emotion; experiments on spillover effect

a)

Carl Rogers

b)

Stanley Schachter

c)

B.F. Skinner

d)

Edward Thorndike

43.

Early behaviorist; famous for the "Little Albert" experiments on fear conditioning

a)

B.F. Skinner

b)

Edward Thorndike

c)

John Watson

d)

Benjamin Lee Whorf

44.

This psychologist set up an experiment, known as the Stanford Prison experiment, where people played the role of a prison guard. The goal was to observe if this authority position would cause them to act differently.

a)

Solomon Asch

b)

Philip Zimbardo

c)

Stanley Milgram

d)

Leon Festinger

45.

(Accidently) described General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

a)

Hans Selye

b)

Karen Horney

c)

Martin Seligman

d)

Fritz Perls

46.

Neo-Freudian; introduced concept of "inferiority complex" and stressed the importance of birth order

a)

Anna Freud

b)

Karen Horney

c)

Alfred Adler

d)

Carl Jung

47.

Developed "rational emotive behavior therapy" (REBT)

a)

Martin Seligman

b)

Fritz Perls

c)

Alfred Adler

d)

Albert Ellis

48.

Developed cognitive-behavior therapy

a)

Aaron Beck

b)

Gordon Allport

c)

Phineas Gage

d)

Walter Mischel

49.

First female to be awarded a PhD in psychology; 2nd president of the APA (1921)

a)

Inez Prosser

b)

Mary Whiton Calkins

c)

Margaret Floy Washburn

d)

Karen Horney

50.

the part of the brain responsible for coordinating muscles involved in speech was named for him, because he first identified it

a)

Paul Broca

b)

Carl Wernicke

c)

Michael Gazzaniga

d)

Roger Sperry

51.

an area of the brain (in the left temporal lobe) involved in language comprehension and expression was named for him because he discovered it

a)

Paul Broca

b)

Carl Wernicke

c)

Michael Gazzaniga

d)

Roger Sperry

52.

best known for "____________'s Law", the notion that the Just Noticeable Difference magnitude is proportional to the stimulus magnitude

a)

Gustav Fechner

b)

David Hubel

c)

Ernst Weber

d)

Ernest Hilgard

53.

Best known for pioneering research with split-brain patients

a)

Freud

b)

Skinner

c)

Watson

d)

Sperry

54.

Continued Sperry's research by advancing understanding of how the two cerebral hemispheres communicate with one another.

a)

Paul Broca

b)

Carl Wernicke

c)

John Watson

d)

Michael Gazzaniga

55.
role of hypnotism in human behavior and response
a)
Ernest Hilgard
b)
Roger Sperry
c)
George Miller
d)
Mary Cover
56.
study of facial expressions and emotions
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
Leon Festinger
c)
George Miller
d)
David Matsumoto
57.

German experimental psychologist who demonstrated that mental processes can be measured.

a)

Gustav Fechner

b)

Dabid Hubel

c)

Torsten Weisel

58.

Neurophysiologist whose research on feature detectors helped demonstrate the presence of specialized neurons in the occipital lobe's visual cortex that have the ability to respond to specific features of an image.

a)

Gustav Fechner

b)

David Hubel

c)

Torsten Wiesel

d)

Ernest Hilgard

59.

Swedish neuropsychologist who collaborated with Hubel. Their joint work expanded the scientific knowledge of sensory processing and perception.

a)

Gustav Fechner

b)

David Hubel

c)

Torstein Wiesel

d)

Ernest Hilgard

60.

Who believed that we have one general intelligence?

a)

Charles Spearman

b)

L.L. Thurstone

c)

Howard Gardner

d)

Robert Sternberg

61.

Who created the triarchic theory of intelligences?

a)

Charles Spearman

b)

Howard Gardner

c)

L.L. Thurstone

d)

Robert Sternberg

62.

Who coined the phrase "nature vs. nurture" and wrote Hereditary Genius?

a)

Francis Galton

b)

Alfred Binet

c)

Lewis Terman

d)

David Wechsler

63.

Who derived the famous term IQ?

a)

Lewis Terman

b)

William Stern

c)

David Wechsler

d)

Alfred Binet

64.

Who created the most widely used individual intelligence test, WAIS?

a)

David Wechsler

b)

Alfred Binet

c)

Francis Galton

d)

William Stern

65.

Best known for inventing the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test.

a)

Gardner

b)

Binet

c)

Terman

d)

Wechsler

66.

Learned Helplessness

a)

Martin Seligman

b)

Hermann Ebbbinghaus

67.

Insight learning (chimps solve puzzle to get bananas)

a)

Wolfgang Köhler

b)

Edward Tolman

68.

Inborn Universal grammar

a)

Noam Chomsky

b)

Benjamin Whorf

69.

Linguistic Determinism

a)

Benjamin Whorf

b)

David Premack

70.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

a)

Gestalt Principles

b)

Law of effect

71.

Stimulus-physiological arousal-emotion

a)

James lange

b)

Cannon Bard

c)

Schacter

72.

developed the 3-stage processing model of memory

a)

John Garcia

b)

Francis Galton

c)

Richard Atkinson

d)

Jean Piaget

73.

Parenting Styles

a)

Baumrind

b)

Binet

c)

Loftus

d)

Milgram

74.

Studied facial expressions(microexpressions) and how they reflected emotions

a)

Albert Ellis

b)

Erik Erikson

c)

Paul Ekman

d)

Lawrence Kohlberg

75.

Raised monkeys with 2 artificial mothers, cloth and wire

a)

John Watson

b)

Elizabeth loftus

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Harry Harlow

76.

Discovery of 16 underlying personality traits

a)

Michael Gazzaniga

b)

Konrad Lorenz

c)

Aaron Beck

d)

Raymond Cattell

77.

Taste Aversion

a)

E. Loftus

b)

J. Garcia

c)

M. Gazzaniga

d)

R. Sperry

78.

False Memory, eyewitness testimony

a)

Mary Ainsworth

b)

Elizabeth Lofus

c)

Carol Gilligan

d)

Mary Carver Jones

79.

Imprinting, study of mallard ducks, critical period

a)

Konrad Lorenz

b)

Abraham Maslow

c)

John Watson

d)

David Wechsler

80.

Father of cognitive therapy.

a)

Aaron Beck

b)

Freud

c)

James

d)

Wundt