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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Miller - G.
Kernberg - O.
2. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Eysenck - H.
Kandel - E.
Wolpe - J.
Milgram - S.
3. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Erikson - E.
Luchins - A.
Rogers - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
4. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Paivio - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Janis - I.
5. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Kelly - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
6. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Garcia - J.
Helmholtz - H.
Gibson - J.
7. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Spearman - C.
Kandel - E.
8. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Sherif - M.
Gibson - J.
Eysenck - H.
Janis - I.
9. Studied observational learning
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Bandura - A.
Schachter - S.
Kohler - W.
10. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Wernicke - C.
Chomsky - N.
Gardner - H.
Cattell - R.
11. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Loftus - E.
Cannon - W.
Asch - S.
Paivio - A.
12. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kelly - G.
Sherif - M.
Kernberg - O.
13. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Rogers - C.
Hering - E.
Witkin - H.
14. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Miller - G.
Pavlov - I.
Kandel - E.
15. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Darwin - C.
Penfield - W.
Watson - J.
Eysenck - H.
16. Proposed gate theory of pain
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Mischel - W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kohler - W.
17. Object-relations theorist
Tinbergen - N.
Gardner - H.
Horney - K.
Klein - M.
18. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sherif - M.
McClelland - D.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
19. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Guilford - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Sternberg - R.
20. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Cattell - R.
Festinger - L.
Cannon - W.
Adler - A.
21. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Milner - B.
Rescorla - R.
Berkeley - G.
22. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Thurstone - L.
Sternberg - R.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Sperling - G.
23. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
McGuire - W.
Sherrington - C.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sheldon - W.
24. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Paivio - A.
Whorf - B.
Guilford - J.
25. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
26. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Ebbinghaus - H.
Festinger - L.
von Frisch - K.
Sperling - G.
27. 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
Schachter - S.
Maslow - A.
Swets - John A.
Gardner - H.
28. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Thorndike - E.
Pavlov - I.
Cattell - R.
29. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Kohler - W.
Tinbergen - N.
Kandel - E.
Allport - G.
30. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Skinner - B.F.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Eysenck - H.
31. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Thurstone - L.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Cattell - R.
32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Hall - E.
Schachter - S.
Whorf - B.
McGuire - W.
33. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.
Cattell - R.
Jung - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Lewin - K.
34. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Chomsky - N.
Spearman - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Watson - J.
35. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Bandura - A.
Maslow - A.
Hall - E.
Watson - J.
36. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Cannon - W.
Bandura - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
37. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Milner - B.
Sperling - G.
Wolpe - J.
Bem - D.
38. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Freud - S.
Heider - F.
Zimbardo - P.
39. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sternberg - R.
Milner - B.
Asch - S.
40. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Broadbent - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
41. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Premack - D.
Fechner - G.
Kohler - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
42. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Sternberg - R.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bandura - A.
43. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Swets - John A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Spearman - C.
44. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Sherif - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Freud - A.
Heider - F.
45. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Eysenck - H.
McGuire - W.
46. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Eagly - A.
Sherif - M.
Loftus - E.
Wernicke - C.
47. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Wernicke - C.
Spearman - C.
Wolpe - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
48. Developed theory of isomorphism
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kohler - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
49. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Cattell - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kohler - W.
50. 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.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Jung - C.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.