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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Bem - S.
Wernicke - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
2. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Milner - B.
Winnicott - D.W.
Kandel - E.
3. 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
Jung - C.
Zajonc. R.
Gibson - J.
Skinner - B.F.
4. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Kohler - W.
Luria - A.
Newcomb - T.
Zimbardo - P.
5. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
McGuire - W.
Milgram - S.
Lorenz - K.
Penfield - W.
6. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Kohler - W.
Tinbergen - N.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Adler - A.
7. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Sherrington - C.
Heider - F.
Bekesy -G.
Allport - G.
8. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sperling - G.
Kelly - G.
9. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Thurstone - L.
Thorndike - E.
Skinner - B.F.
10. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Winnicott - D.W.
Bem - D.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Luria - A.
11. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Thorndike - E.
Winnicott - D.W.
Adler - A.
Skinner - B.F.
12. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Mahler - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
13. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Adler - A.
Spearman - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Bem - S.
14. Studied observational learning
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kohler - W.
Bandura - A.
15. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Rogers - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sherrington - C.
16. Object-relations theorist
Rescorla - R.
Wolpe - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Witkin - H.
17. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Fechner - G.
Maslow - A.
Allport - G.
Berkeley - G.
18. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Klein - M.
Luria - A.
Thurstone - L.
19. Founder of ego psychology
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Freud - A.
Bem - D.
Adler - A.
20. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Broca - P.
Helmholtz - H.
Sternberg - R.
Heider - F.
21. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Maslow - A.
Bandura - A.
Skinner - B.F.
von Frisch - K.
22. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Paivio - A.
Sternberg - R.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sherrington - C.
23. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Cattell - R.
Pavlov - I.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Penfield - W.
24. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Festinger - L.
Swets - John A.
Milgram - S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
25. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Maslow - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kernberg - O.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
26. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Sherif - M.
Janis - I.
von Frisch - K.
27. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Heider - F.
Skinner - B.F.
Stevens - S. S.
28. Studied attitude change
von Frisch - K.
Hovland - C.
Gibson - J.
Milgram - S.
29. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Bem - S.
Watson - J.
Swets - John A.
Luchins - A.
30. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Hering - E.
Sherrington - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
31. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Allport - G.
Thorndike - E.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
32. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hovland - C.
Bem - S.
Miller - G.
33. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Tinbergen - N.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Fechner - G.
34. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Broadbent - D.
Maslow - A.
Whorf - B.
Hall - E.
35. Proposed gate theory of pain
Zajonc. R.
Heider - F.
Bem - S.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
36. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Gardner - H.
Milner - B.
Rescorla - R.
Witkin - H.
37. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Miller - G.
von Frisch - K.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Janis - I.
38. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Berkeley - G.
Asch - S.
Horney - K.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
39. Studied insights in problem solving
Darwin - C.
Kohler - W.
Cattell - R.
Sperling - G.
40. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Rogers - C.
Pavlov - I.
Premack - D.
von Frisch - K.
41. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Penfield - W.
Darwin - C.
Heider - F.
Swets - John A.
42. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Loftus - E.
Lerner - M.
Heider - F.
43. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Skinner - B.F.
Kandel - E.
Schachter - S.
Whorf - B.
44. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Penfield - W.
Hall - E.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Milner - B.
45. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Lerner - M.
Cattell - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
46. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Bandura - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
Broca - P.
Sheldon - W.
47. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Freud - S.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
48. Studied locus of control
Broadbent - D.
Rotter - J.
Broca - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
49. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Kandel - E.
Chomsky - N.
Kohler - W.
Schachter - S.
50. Proposed a theory of multiple intelligences that divides intelligence into seven different types - all of which are equally important; traditional IQ tests measure only two of the seven types
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Gardner - H.
Helmholtz - H.
Horney - K.