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AP Psych Final
Important People/Psychologists
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Physiology
12th Grade
01/07/2006

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Phineas Gage
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First lobotomy; gives psychology information on part of the brain that is involved in emotions and reasoning
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Galton
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Human traits are inherited
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Darwin
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Theory of evolution
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Wundt
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Introspection; first laboratory
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James
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Offers first Psychology course, writes the first textbook, Principles of Psychology, Father of Functionalism.
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Titchener
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Advances introspection to Structuralism
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Wertheimer
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Gestalt Psychology "the whole is different from the parts"
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Broca's Area
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Paul Broca is a French doctor who localizes a specific part in the brain for Production of speech
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Wernicke's Area
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Through his experiments he localizes what part of the brain is responsible for comprehension of speech
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Sheldon
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Theory that a person's body type is reflected in their personality, what he calls "somatotypes"
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Beck
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Depression results from unreasonable negative ideas that people have about themselves
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Clover-Jones
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Systematic desensitization; gradual exposure
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Ellis
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Rational Emotive Therapy; focuses on patient's way of thinking
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Zimbardo
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Stanfrod Prison experiment; social roles influence behavior
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Bandura
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Frustration-aggression hypothesis = social learning theory
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Festinger
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Cognitive dissonance theory; lying experiment
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Asch
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Conformity line experiment
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Genovese
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Bystander intervention and diffusion of responsibility
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Janis
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Groupthink
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Milgram
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Obedience study
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Rosenhan
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Hospital experiment
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Sherif
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Contact theory to reduce prejudice
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