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Details Title: AP Psych Final Description: Important People/Psychologists Total Flash Cards: 22 Created: 01/07/2006 13:12:32	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Phineas Gage Definition First lobotomy; gives psychology information on part of the brain that is involved in emotions and reasoning Term Galton Definition Human traits are inherited Term Darwin Definition Theory of evolution Term Wundt Definition Introspection; first laboratory Term James Definition Offers first Psychology course, writes the first textbook, Principles of Psychology, Father of Functionalism. Term Titchener Definition Advances introspection to Structuralism Term Wertheimer Definition Gestalt Psychology "the whole is different from the parts" Term Broca's Area Definition Paul Broca is a French doctor who localizes a specific part in the brain for Production of speech Term Wernicke's Area Definition Through his experiments he localizes what part of the brain is responsible for comprehension of speech Term Sheldon Definition Theory that a person's body type is reflected in their personality, what he calls "somatotypes" Term Beck Definition Depression results from unreasonable negative ideas that people have about themselves Term Clover-Jones Definition Systematic desensitization; gradual exposure Term Ellis Definition Rational Emotive Therapy; focuses on patient's way of thinking Term Zimbardo Definition Stanfrod Prison experiment; social roles influence behavior Term Bandura Definition Frustration-aggression hypothesis = social learning theory Term Festinger Definition Cognitive dissonance theory; lying experiment Term Asch Definition Conformity line experiment Term Genovese Definition Bystander intervention and diffusion of responsibility Term Janis Definition Groupthink Term Milgram Definition Obedience study Term Rosenhan Definition Hospital experiment Term Sherif Definition Contact theory to reduce prejudice