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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wernicke - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
2. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Premack - D.
Swets - John A.
Bandura - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
3. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
Pavlov - I.
Helmholtz - H.
Watson - J.
4. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Mahler - M.
Tinbergen - N.
Broca - P.
Wolpe - J.
5. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Premack - D.
Sperling - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
6. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Thurstone - L.
Luria - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Rogers - C.
7. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Rotter - J.
Sternberg - R.
Fechner - G.
Witkin - H.
8. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Rotter - J.
9. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Rescorla - R.
Klein - M.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
10. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Newcomb - T.
Thorndike - E.
Milgram - S.
Mahler - M.
11. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Heider - F.
Pavlov - I.
Lewin - K.
Schachter - S.
12. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Bandura - A.
Hall - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Eysenck - H.
13. Studied political norms
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Allport - G.
Newcomb - T.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
14. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Pavlov - I.
Rogers - C.
McGuire - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
15. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Mahler - M.
Tinbergen - N.
16. Founder of ego psychology
Swets - John A.
Freud - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Whorf - B.
17. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Schachter - S.
Bartlett - F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
18. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Winnicott - D.W.
Cattell - R.
Hall - E.
19. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Eagly - A.
Gardner - H.
Bartlett - F.
Freud - S.
20. Object-relations theorist
Berkeley - G.
von Frisch - K.
Winnicott - D.W.
Bandura - A.
21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
McClelland - D.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Cattell - R.
22. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Swets - John A.
Janis - I.
Rogers - C.
Skinner - B.F.
23. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Thurstone - L.
Garcia - J.
Lewin - K.
24. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Sternberg - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Mischel - W.
Bandura - A.
25. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Kelly - G.
Bandura - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Freud - S.
26. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Thorndike - E.
Luchins - A.
Whorf - B.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
27. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Bartlett - F.
Lerner - M.
Garcia - J.
Wolpe - J.
28. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Eysenck - H.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Kernberg - O.
29. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Sherif - M.
Penfield - W.
Adler - A.
Stevens - S. S.
30. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Ebbinghaus - H.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Schachter - S.
31. Proposed gate theory of pain
Bartlett - F.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Bem - D.
32. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Bekesy -G.
Rescorla - R.
Broca - P.
Lerner - M.
33. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Heider - F.
Hering - E.
Skinner - B.F.
Hovland - C.
34. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Darwin - C.
Whorf - B.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
35. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Sternberg - R.
Penfield - W.
Whorf - B.
Ebbinghaus - H.
36. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Stevens - S. S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Wilson - E. O.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
37. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Wolpe - J.
Wernicke - C.
Helmholtz - H.
Bekesy -G.
38. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
39. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Cattell - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Kohler - W.
Luria - A.
40. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Lewin - K.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Pavlov - I.
Milner - B.
41. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Allport - G.
Jung - C.
42. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Lewin - K.
Kandel - E.
43. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sheldon - W.
Guilford - J.
Watson - J.
44. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Cannon - W.
Milner - B.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
45. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Winnicott - D.W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Thorndike - E.
Guilford - J.
46. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Winnicott - D.W.
Jung - C.
Kohler - W.
47. Object-relations theorist
Bekesy -G.
Mahler - M.
Pavlov - I.
Janis - I.
48. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Broca - P.
Sherrington - C.
Heider - F.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
49. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Rotter - J.
Watson - J.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Hall - E.
50. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Stevens - S. S.
Penfield - W.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Berkeley - G.