Our Top 40 Psychologists/Psychology Contributions

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Across
  1. 2. a baby whose experiments contributed to the understanding of classical conditioning
  2. 4. conditioning
  3. 5. studied cognitive development and depth perception in infants by creating a “visual cliff”
  4. 10. Bobo clown experiment which introduced behaviorism and the idea that children learn from observation - observational learning
  5. 11. One of the founding fathers of cognitive psychology as he conducted research on memory, learning, intelligence, and memory, as well as included research from many other psychologists into a theory of cognition
  6. 13. psychoanalytic perspective; Oedipus complex and psychosexual development
  7. 14. designed the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised which is a tool used to measure the presence of psychopathic traits in people
  8. 15. Contributed to science of evolution - natural selection shapes behaviors as much as bodies
  9. 17. Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist who founded analytical psychology
  10. 20. Worked on theory about personality development throughout different stages of life
  11. 23. a woman whose murder is widely known for its help in developing the Bystander Phenomenon
  12. 24. theory of cognitive development and created “Piaget’s Stages” for the cognitive development of children
  13. 26. Worked with other psychologists on naturalistic observation and used recorders to naturally sample daily life
  14. 32. a humanistic psychologist who developed the hierarchy of needs; coined the term “positive psychology”
  15. 33. defined psychology as “the study of observable behavior’; outlined behavioralism principles
  16. 34. Rejected behaviorism and psychoanalysis for an approach that emphasized the importance of individual uniqueness and other present circumstances to understand human personality
  17. 36. the first psychoanalytic case study in which an manic woman was returned to a normal state after talking through her troubles
  18. 37. a case study in which a boy was raised as a girl due to a botched medical procedure; contributed to “nature vs. nurture”
  19. 38. a case study that led to the development of brain mapping; construction worker whose skull was impaled
  20. 39. behaviorism, operant conditioning, and the Skinner Box
  21. 40. Published “The Principal of Psychology” in 1890 - defines psychology
Down
  1. 1. a homeless child who was thought of as “feral” until the discovery of autism
  2. 3. structuralist school of thought and concluded that feelings, sensations and images make up consciousness experiences
  3. 6. Conducted research on human memory, perception, cognitive development, and learning which underlined the importance of cognition in the learning process
  4. 7. first to propose a comprehensive learning theory - learning occurs when a connection between a stimulus and a response is formed
  5. 8. Developed personal construct theory which is a mental representation of how one person sees the world
  6. 9. localized language function and comprehension to the left frontal lobe (___’s area)
  7. 12. a german physician who studied nerve diseases; localized a separate area of language function and reading comprehension (____’s area)
  8. 16. Father of positive psychology and developed the theory of learned helplessness
  9. 18. Separated Psychology from Philosophy and started first psychology laboratory
  10. 19. Discovered the misinformation effect which happens when false information given after an event changes that person’s memories the the event
  11. 21. experimented to see the bond between primary caregivers and an infant which showed the disruptions in that relationship my impede personality development in that child
  12. 22. First Woman to be President of American Psychological Association and introduced self psychology
  13. 25. first woman to earn a PhD in psychology; wrote “The Animal Mind”
  14. 27. a case study of a  a five-year-old who was studied by Freud to contribute to his theory of childhood sexuality - the fear Hans had of horses was transferred from his desire for his mother and fear of his father - now discounted as a theory
  15. 28. cognitive psychologist who used moral dilemmas to study behavior and responses of children, adolescents, and adults
  16. 29. Studied racial prejudice in children by giving them a choice between White and Black dolls and when most of the African American children chose the White doll, it indicated internalized prejudice against the Black race
  17. 30. Research on human judgement and decision making
  18. 31. the first person to be diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (MPD)
  19. 35. a famous case study about hippocampus function; received brain surgery for epilepsy and was left with amnesia