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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Maslow - A.
McGuire - W.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Thurstone - L.
2. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Miller - G.
Sperling - G.
Kohler - W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
3. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bekesy -G.
Mischel - W.
Bartlett - F.
Luchins - A.
4. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Lerner - M.
Kernberg - O.
Fechner - G.
Adler - A.
5. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Sperling - G.
Berkeley - G.
6. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Jung - C.
Fechner - G.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Eagly - A.
7. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Rotter - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
8. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kelly - G.
Helmholtz - H.
Witkin - H.
9. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Kohler - W.
Pavlov - I.
Berkeley - G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
10. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Skinner - B.F.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Milner - B.
11. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
von Frisch - K.
Loftus - E.
Lerner - M.
Zajonc. R.
12. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Gibson - J.
Watson - J.
Janis - I.
Freud - S.
13. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Cattell - R.
Luchins - A.
Miller - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
14. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Eysenck - H.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Freud - S.
Wernicke - C.
15. Studied political norms
Lerner - M.
Jung - C.
Klein - M.
Newcomb - T.
16. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Witkin - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Broca - P.
Lewin - K.
17. 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.
Broca - P.
Kohler - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
18. Studied observational learning
Schachter - S.
Hering - E.
Miller - G.
Bandura - A.
19. Proposed gate theory of pain
Fechner - G.
Tinbergen - N.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Freud - A.
20. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Heider - F.
Zimbardo - P.
21. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Chomsky - N.
Adler - A.
Festinger - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
22. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Fechner - G.
Whorf - B.
Allport - G.
Sherif - M.
23. Object-relations theorist
Asch - S.
Paivio - A.
Mahler - M.
Wilson - E. O.
24. Studied locus of control
Mischel - W.
McClelland - D.
Rotter - J.
Bartlett - F.
25. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Wilson - E. O.
Luchins - A.
26. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kohler - W.
Zimbardo - P.
Wernicke - C.
27. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Rotter - J.
Maslow - A.
Erikson - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
28. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
McGuire - W.
Thurstone - L.
Bartlett - F.
29. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Swets - John A.
Bem - D.
von Frisch - K.
30. Studied insights in problem solving
Lerner - M.
Kohler - W.
McGuire - W.
Kernberg - O.
31. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Horney - K.
Festinger - L.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Cattell - R.
32. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Lewin - K.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
33. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Chomsky - N.
Penfield - W.
Thorndike - E.
34. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Sperling - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Eagly - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
35. 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.
Horney - K.
Mischel - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sherif - M.
36. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kernberg - O.
Bartlett - F.
37. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Festinger - L.
Lorenz - K.
38. Object-relations theorist
Wilson - E. O.
Winnicott - D.W.
Sherrington - C.
Garcia - J.
39. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Thorndike - E.
Schachter - S.
Milgram - S.
40. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Allport - G.
Skinner - B.F.
McGuire - W.
41. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Kelly - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Lerner - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
42. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Horney - K.
Sherrington - C.
Tinbergen - N.
43. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Tinbergen - N.
Bem - S.
Kelly - G.
Cattell - R.
44. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Thorndike - E.
Paivio - A.
Milner - B.
45. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Maslow - A.
McGuire - W.
Winnicott - D.W.
Lewin - K.
46. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Miller - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Guilford - J.
Gardner - H.
47. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Watson - J.
Rogers - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Lewin - K.
48. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Paivio - A.
Sherrington - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
49. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Fechner - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
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
Gardner - H.
Berkeley - G.
Kohler - W.
Hovland - C.