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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Bandura - A.
Cannon - W.
Kelly - G.
Watson - J.
2. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Festinger - L.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Horney - K.
3. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Mischel - W.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Rotter - J.
von Frisch - K.
4. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Broca - P.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Bem - D.
Festinger - L.
5. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Garcia - J.
Janis - I.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
6. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Bem - D.
Swets - John A.
Skinner - B.F.
Luchins - A.
7. Object-relations theorist
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Mahler - M.
Luchins - A.
Garcia - J.
8. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
James - W. and Lange - C.
Gibson - J.
Heider - F.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
9. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Miller - G.
Cattell - R.
Bartlett - F.
Garcia - J.
10. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Lerner - M.
Miller - G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Eagly - A.
11. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Watson - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
12. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Bandura - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Newcomb - T.
13. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Broca - P.
Hering - E.
14. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Adler - A.
von Frisch - K.
Broca - P.
Cattell - R.
15. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Janis - I.
Tinbergen - N.
Bem - D.
16. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Luchins - A.
Wolpe - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
17. Developed theory of isomorphism
Lerner - M.
Kohler - W.
Chomsky - N.
Eysenck - H.
18. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Kohler - W.
Miller - G.
Luchins - A.
Heider - F.
19. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Watson - J.
Bem - D.
Schachter - S.
Adler - A.
20. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Erikson - E.
Luria - A.
Kohler - W.
Paivio - A.
21. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bandura - A.
Eysenck - H.
22. Studied political norms
Allport - G.
Newcomb - T.
Adler - A.
Sperling - G.
23. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Paivio - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Festinger - L.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
24. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Kandel - E.
25. Performed study on doll preferences in African-American children; the results were used in the 1954 Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case.
Schachter - S.
Wernicke - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Erikson - E.
26. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Cannon - W.
Darwin - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
27. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Wilson - E. O.
Hall - E.
McClelland - D.
28. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Helmholtz - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Kohler - W.
Rescorla - R.
29. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bem - S.
30. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Heider - F.
Thurstone - L.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Rescorla - R.
31. Object-relations theorist
Thurstone - L.
Bartlett - F.
Klein - M.
Spearman - C.
32. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Newcomb - T.
Milner - B.
Asch - S.
33. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Rogers - C.
Kernberg - O.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wernicke - C.
34. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Rescorla - R.
Berkeley - G.
Milner - B.
35. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Rogers - C.
Miller - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
36. Founder of ego psychology
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Lorenz - K.
Freud - A.
Garcia - J.
37. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Rescorla - R.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Kandel - E.
38. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Luchins - A.
Bartlett - F.
Lorenz - K.
Bem - D.
39. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Lorenz - K.
Cannon - W.
Hering - E.
Sherif - M.
40. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses
Zajonc. R.
Paivio - A.
Zimbardo - P.
Horney - K.
41. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Bem - D.
Bem - S.
Wernicke - C.
Skinner - B.F.
42. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Premack - D.
Pavlov - I.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Sheldon - W.
43. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Kohler - W.
Winnicott - D.W.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Asch - S.
44. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Eysenck - H.
Kandel - E.
Gardner - H.
Bem - S.
45. Developed sociobiology
Fechner - G.
Wilson - E. O.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
McGuire - W.
46. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Sherif - M.
Sperling - G.
Cattell - R.
Freud - S.
47. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Penfield - W.
Asch - S.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bekesy -G.
48. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lorenz - K.
Lerner - M.
Thorndike - E.
Sperling - G.
49. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Premack - D.
Rogers - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Milgram - S.
50. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Eysenck - H.
Premack - D.
Tinbergen - N.
Broca - P.