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Theorist Names and Memory Games Note: This does NOT include rhymes for all the theorists – so make sure you study the original Psych Top Theorists list for details also! > A is for Ainsworth’s strange situation > You’d cling to your mom in an exotic location > > Bandura said your environment affects you > So they gave the kids a doll to see what they would do If the model was mean and angry all the time > The kids would follow in that same line. > > Alfred and Theodore > Thought you should know more. > The Sanford Binet test > Sees if you know as much as the rest. > > Chomsky created language acquisition devices not like Tolman and all his mices > He knows if older children couldn’t speak > their critical period has already peaked > > Was a neo-Freudian > He developed eight stages > To show how you develop through the ages > > James wrote a book in 1878 > Took 12 years but everyone thought it was great > Principles of psychology was its name > Functionalism and the James-Lange theory helped him gain his fame. > > Wundt is called the father of structuralism psychology with a few corrections: He relied on factors such as atoms of conscious experience and introspection > > > Maslow, psychologist freak > On his pyramid, he’s at the peak > Yo Maslow! What? Where you at! > I’m at home sitting on a mat > Thinking up the levels of the pyramid > Doing different from what all the other theorists did. Humanistic theory, that’s the name > Asking many questions is the game > Leading the patient on and on > Until the patient finds out what is wrong > And he finds himself at the end of the day > And all his mental troubles go away. > > > Client centered therapy isn’t very hard If you use unconditional positive regard. It’s not your fault; > It’s just your conscious thoughts. > > To test iconic memory > He showed three letters in a row > To see if people would know > What they saw in less than a second > > Tolman studied rats > But not ones in traps > They ran through his mazes And made mental maps > > Loftus discovered that certain questions could alter > what a witness thought they saw, and make their memories falter. > > A visual cliff was developed by Walk and Gibson > to see if depth could be perceived by a baby’s vision. > > Wire mothers and cloth toys > Make monkeys look like mamma’s boys And because of Harry Harlow > The monkey’s souls seem so hollow. > > Knew the way > Children developed > Every day > He said “I’m not gonna stop with this.” So he discovered object permanence Is that a dog? Nope, it’s a cat. Schemas are the reason for that. > > Zajonc and Markus thought that first-borns were smarter and that it was not only them working harder. > > Lawrence Kohlberg named the stages Because in life we go through moral phases Kohlberg studied developmental morals, there were many quarrels. > He questioned boys about Heinz, > he got many finds. > > Kohlberg’s principles only applied to men, “You must include women too,” said Gilligan. “Your study is too biased to be true, > It doesn’t apply to everyone, only a few.” > > > > Schacter studied emotions > And our use of cognition you see Without any magical potions > He defined our sadness and glee > > Lorenz observed ducks during their imprinting stage until they turned the critical period page. > > Rosenthal & Jacobson: > If students IQ's didn't slow > then teachers’ expectations would surely grow > > Terman had an IQ that was less than a bimbo but he developed into a pretty fine fellow > > Pavlov had a dog > That salivated like a hog > When Pavlov rang a bell > Because classical conditioning worked very well. > > Watson and Rayner studied classical conditioning > They used Little Albert for the experiment, are you feeling me? The way they used generalized stimuli was so superfly, > When Albert saw the white rat, he thought he would die. > > Skinner had a box > That did not contain a fox > Operant conditioning was used a lot > So pigeons were rewarded when taught > > Zimbardo's experimentation > Took place in the Stanford Prison Station They began to play the role > And it got a little out of control > > Milgram will teach you how to study > As long as you’re his buddy > He did an experiment and "shocked" some people > The voltage got so high > The participants really started to cry. > > Darley and Latane > Studied bystander effect > White people were in pain > But they all were just neglected > > Use helping behaviors Like Batman and Robin Our universal saviors > > Gazzaniga and his good friend Sperry > Did some major research on my little friend Jerry They split his brain, right into two pieces > Then studied how he worked with his two little nieces. They studied how the left side influenced the right And made sure his head was put back just right. > > Joseph Wolpe was the one > to develop systematic desensitization for the extermination of the fears you've had for years. > > Hermann Ebbinghaus studied memory loss And helped people’s forgetting curve > By teaching them meaningless words > > > Learned helplessness was developed by Seligman > People think they can't change the situation, but really, they can > > Freud liked dreams > He said not everything is what it seems Ego, superego and id > Are the three stages that he did. > > Rorschach’s inkblots come up with a plot > because he'll ask you a question and put you on the spot > > When Rosenhan heard voices say empty and thud They said you’re staying here bud > And when he acted normal and not hazy > They stuck with their label of crazy > > Hobson and McCarley Dreaming of a Harley Activation-synthesis theory Connects all your neuron activity So dreams resemble reality. > > Solomon Asch studied conformity He used lines of different linearity People chose the wrong line > And this was a sign > That others influenced their crime. > > > Charles Darwin theorized natural selection Which became the theory of evolution > > “Help those patients” said Dorothea Dix > “The ones who see and hear the rabbit, the rabbit with the Trix” Even though they’re in a white room > They should be treated humanely too! > > Hall studied childhood developments > And evolutionary theory treatments > Letting zero individualism for an adolescent Living to give authoritarian discipline for respect > > In a time when women didn’t learn, This tragic history took a turn, > With Margaret Floy Washburn. > > I can hear everything you say > I love to jump and run and play > B.b.b.b.b.but an accident left my brain locked > “The area that controls speech muscles” says Broca. > > W.w.w.w.w.w.what? Do I understand your sound? > Wernicke’s theories are all around Impossible to interpret all who speak Because in the end it would make us weak. > > Fechner studied absolute threshold > This helped us learn about being cold > It's the lowest stimuli that is present > Before we put on a jacket without being hesitant > > Feature detectors were found by Hubel & Wiesel these allow us to see movement, shape and angle. > > Weber said the same percent for the stimuli that is sent > The difference must be strong to see > > What did he do for you? > Oh yeah, he taught you what your memory can do. I think it was the rule of 7 + 2 > But don’t ask me, Mr Miller will tell you! > > Alfred scaled the heights of propriety by asking what people did in private with their privates. > > The steps are very general only 3 to remember first is alarm reaction, which increases heart action second is resistance, we make it through with persistence third is exhaustion then we proceed with caution > Authoritarian and Permissive are bad parenting styles Because being too strict or too easy, raises a bad child. Authoritative is the way to go, > To assure that your child successfully grows. > > Lev Vygotsky is our guy > Helping children learn, it's easy as pie Lev used ZPD > to help students see > how easy learning can be > > Alfred Adler thought back to when he was just a boy > Where his personality was shaped by the friends he enjoyed But the deeper he thought, he found memories repressed And he figured it was due to inferiority complex. > He felt people had always been more superior than he > So he wanted to be looked at more than just a small bee. This desire sums Adler up in a jist > And his concept led him to be a great theorist! > > Costa and McCrae cover the OCEAN traits Openness and conscientiousness are the first mates Extraversion and agreeableness keep the traits alive Neuroticism tops off the big 5 > > His tests are for the young He'll help you figure out what you are all about > > Spearman came up with G factor > He was a psychologist, not an actor > Factor analysis was also something he used But he made sure it was never abused Intelligence testing was his jam > Charles Spearman was the man! > > Mr. Gardner disagreed with Mr. Spearman of many learning styles he was a fan > > Together make up the triarchic theory 3 intelligences may seem kinda eerie. > > Beck’s Cognitive therapy helps the depressed to realize their attributions are not the best, he tells them to think about the world being a brighter place, and it follows that they will find something to smile about > > Albert Ellis studied emotion, He set your negative thoughts in motion That’s why Dr. Phil makes such a commotion > > Peter had some terrible groans Because of rabbits and their bones Mary Cover Jones unconditioned Peter's terrible groans > > Anton Mesmer invented hypnosis > He wasn’t very good and now we know this. > He gave it a bad name > Which gave him all the fame, > And now someone else runs the hypnosis game! > > The one and only theorist, William Stern Designed test after test to see what you learned. He came up with this formula to determine IQ, But the geniuses among us only come in a few. So whether you’re smart or not so much, it’s your call Just remember to thank Dr. Stern for it all! > > Locus of control > Always takes a toll > Depending on what you are > Might determine if you go far > Does the world control you? > Or do you control the world? Depending on what you believe Situations can make you want to leave. > > With a superordinate goal in mind > The young boys wouldn’t fall behind > Sherif did an experiment > So the boys could resolve what was different >
 * 1)  Mary Ainsworth
 * 1)  Albert Bandura
 * 1)  Alfred Binet
 * 1)  Noam Chomsky
 * 1)  Erik Erikson Erik Erikson
 * 1)  William James
 * 1)  Wilhelm Wundt
 * 1)  Alexander Luria
 * 1)  Abraham Maslow
 * 1)  Robert Rescorla
 * 1)  Carl Rogers
 * 1)  George Sperling
 * 1)  Edward Tolman
 * 1)  Elizabeth Loftus
 * 1)  Gibson & Walk
 * 1)  Harry Harlow
 * 1)  Jean Piaget Piaget
 * 1)  Zajonc & Markus
 * 1)  Lawrence Kohlberg
 * 1)  Carol Gilligan
 * 1)  Ekman & Friesen
 * 1)  Leon Festinger
 * 1)  Stanley Schacter
 * 1)  Konrad Lorenz
 * 1)  Rosenthal & Jacobsen
 * 1)  Louis Terman
 * 1)  Ivan Pavlov
 * 1)  John B. Watson & Rayner
 * 1)  B.F. Skinner
 * 1)  Phillip Zimbardo
 * 1)  Stanley Milgram
 * 1)  Darley & Latane
 * 1)  Langer & Rodin Langer and Rodin
 * 1)  Gazzaniga & Sperry
 * 1)  Joseph Wolpe
 * 1)  Hermann Ebbinghaus
 * 1)  Masters & Johnson – Sex Cycle
 * 1)  Martin Seligman
 * 1)  Sigmund Freud
 * 1)  Hermann Rorschach
 * 1)  David Rosenhan
 * 1)  Hobson & McCarley
 * 1)  Solomon Asch
 * 1)  Mary Whiton Calkins
 * 1)  Charles Darwin
 * 1)  Dorothea Dix
 * 1)  G. Stanley Hall
 * 1)  Margaret Floy Washburn
 * 1)  Paul Broca
 * 1)  Carl Wernicke
 * 1)  Gustav Fechner
 * 1)  Hubel & Wiesel
 * 1)  Ernst Weber
 * 1)  George A. Miller
 * 1)  Alfred Kinsey
 * 1)  Hans Selye
 * 1)  Diana Baumrind
 * 1)  Lev Vygotsky
 * 1)  Alfred Adler
 * 1)  Costa & McCrae
 * 1)  Carl Jung Carl Jung
 * 1)  Charles Spearman
 * 1)  Howard Gardner
 * 1)  Robert Sternberg -- Annie Analytical Charlie Creative Patty Practical
 * 1)  David Wechsler was a tester who studied on adults, then one day, while he was at play, his career went catapult.
 * 1)  Aaron Beck
 * 1)  Albert Ellis
 * 1)  Mary Cover Jones
 * 1)  Anton Mesmer
 * 1)  William Stern
 * 1)  Julian Rotter
 * 1)  Muzafer Sherif