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1. John B Watson

1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior

2. Ernst Weber

1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert

3. Mary Ainsworth

1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment

4. Philip Zimbardo

1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior

5. Solomon Asch

1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1907-1996; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Studied Conformity - Found That Individuals Would Conform Even If They Knew It Was Wrong; Studies: Conformity - Opinions And Social Pressures

6. Aaron Beck

1921-present; Field: Cognitive; Contributions: Father Of Cognitive Therapy - Created Beck Scales-depression Inventory - Hopelessness Scale - Suicidal Ideation - Anxiety Inventory - And Youth Inventories1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert

7. Phineas Gage

1823-1860; Field: Neurobiology; Contributions: 1st Person To Have A Frontal Lobotomy (By Accident) - His Accident Gave Information On The Brain And Which Parts Are Involved With Emotional Reasoning1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert

8. David Mcclelland

1917-1998; Field: Intelligence - Testing; Contributions: Devised A Way To Measure Murray's Theory (Tat) - Developed Scoring System For Tat's Use In Assessing Achievement Motivation - Not The Tat1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd

9. Stanley Milgram

1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1933-1984; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Wanted To See How The German Soldiers In WWII Fell To Obedience - Wanted To See How Far Individuals Would Go To Be Obedient; Studies: Shock Study

10. Aaron Beck

1921-present; Field: Cognitive; Contributions: Father Of Cognitive Therapy - Created Beck Scales-depression Inventory - Hopelessness Scale - Suicidal Ideation - Anxiety Inventory - And Youth Inventories1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd

11. Charles Darwin

1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1809-1882; Field: Geology - Biology; Contributions: Transmutation Of Species - Natural Selection - Evolution By Common Descent; Studies: "The Origin Of Species" Catalogs His Voyage On The Beagle1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert

12. Carl Jung

1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1875-1961; Field: Neo-freudian - Analytic Psychology; Contributions: People Had Conscious And Unconscious Awareness; Archetypes; Collective Unconscious; Libido Is All Types Of Energy - Not Just Sexual; Studies: Dream Studies/Interpretation

13. Bf Skinner

1904-1990; Field: Behavioral; Contributions: Created Techniques To Manipulate The Consequences Of An Organism's Behavior In Order To Observe The Effects Of Subsequent Behavior; Studies: Skinner Box1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert

14. Jean Piaget

1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1896-1980; Field: Cognition; Contributions: Created A 4-stage Theory Of Cognitive Development - Said That Two Basic Processes Work In Tandem To Achieve Cognitive Growth (Assimilation And Accommodation)1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert

15. Kurt Lewin

1890-1947; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: German Refugee Who Escaped Nazis - Proved The Democratic Style Of Leadership Is The Most Productive; Studies: Leadership Syles-studied Effects Of 3 Leadership Styles On Children Completing Activities1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd

16. Elizabeth Loftus

1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1944-present; Field: Memory; Contributions: Expert In Eyewitness Testimony (False Memories Or Misinformation Effect); Studies: Reconstruction Of Auto. Destruction - Jane Doe Case (Repressed Memories Of Nicole Taus' Sex Abuse)1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd

17. Judith Langlois

1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little AlbertDates ?; Field: Developmental; Contributions: Social Development & Processing - Effects Of Appearance On Behavior - Origin Of Social Stereotypes - Sex/Love/Intimacy - Facial Expression1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd

18. Anna Freud

1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1895-1982; Field: Psychoanalysis; Contributions: Focused On Child Psychoanalysis - Fully Developed Defense Mechanisms - Emphasized Importance Of The Ego And Its Constant Struggle1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment

19. Lev Vygotsky

1896-1934; Field: Child Development; Contributions: Investigated How Culture & Interpersonal Communication Guide Development - Zone Of Proximal Development; Play Research1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment

20. Stanley Milgram

1933-1984; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Wanted To See How The German Soldiers In WWII Fell To Obedience - Wanted To See How Far Individuals Would Go To Be Obedient; Studies: Shock Study1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd

21. Hermann Rorschach

1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1884-1922; Field: Personality - Psychoanalysis; Contributions: Developed One Of The First Projective Tests - The Inkblot Test Which Consists Of 10 Standardized Inkblots Where The Subject Tells A Story - The Observer Then Derives Aspects Of The Personality From The Subject's Commentary

22. Gordon Allport

1897-1967; Field: Trait Theory Of Personality; Contributions: List Of 11000 Traits - 3 Levels Of Traits-cardinal - Central - And Secondary1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment

23. Robert Yerkes

1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert187601956; Field: Intelligence - Comparative; Contributions: Social Behavior Of Gorillas/Chimps - Yerkes-dodson Law-level Of Arousal As Related To Performance1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd

24. Francis Galton

1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1822-1911; Field: Differential Psychology Aka "London School" Of Experimental Psychology; Contributions: Behavioral Genetics - Maintains That Personality & Ability Depend Almost Entirely On Genetic Inheritance; Studies: Twin Studies-compare Identical & Fraternal Twins - Hereditary Genius-used Bell Curve For Normal Distribution - & "Law Of Errors"-differences In Intellectual Ability

25. Robert Rosenthal

1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Focus On Nonverbal Communication - Self-fulfilling Prophecies; Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect Of Teacher's Expectations On Students1795-1878; Field: Perception; Contributions: Just-noticeable-difference (Jnd) That Eventually Becomes Weber's Law; Studies: 1st Study On Jnd1913-1999; Field: Development; Contributions: Compared Effects Of Maternal Separation - Devised Patterns Of Attachment; Studies: The Strange Situation-observation Of Parent/Child Attachment1878-1958; Field: Behaviorism; Contributions: Generalization-inductive Reasoning - Emphasis On External Behaviors Of People And Their Reactions On A Given Situation; Studies: Little Albert

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