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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Winnicott - D.W.
Helmholtz - H.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Thorndike - E.
2. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Kelly - G.
Lorenz - K.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Newcomb - T.
3. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Adler - A.
Sternberg - R.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
4. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Thorndike - E.
Wernicke - C.
Spearman - C.
5. Studied locus of control
McGuire - W.
Gibson - J.
Rotter - J.
Broadbent - D.
6. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Loftus - E.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Jung - C.
7. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Thurstone - L.
Janis - I.
8. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Maslow - A.
Sheldon - W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Asch - S.
9. Critic of trait theories of personality
Whorf - B.
Mischel - W.
Stevens - S. S.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
10. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Watson - J.
Pavlov - I.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Darwin - C.
11. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
McGuire - W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kohler - W.
12. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Cannon - W.
Lorenz - K.
Luria - A.
13. 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.
Helmholtz - H.
Kohler - W.
Lerner - M.
Jung - C.
14. Object-relations theorist
Janis - I.
Klein - M.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sherif - M.
15. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Cattell - R.
Zimbardo - P.
Skinner - B.F.
Festinger - L.
16. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Cannon - W.
McGuire - W.
Sherif - M.
Sternberg - R.
17. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Jung - C.
Bandura - A.
18. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Stevens - S. S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Gibson - J.
Horney - K.
19. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sherif - M.
Wolpe - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
20. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Hering - E.
Stevens - S. S.
Wilson - E. O.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
21. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Swets - John A.
Eysenck - H.
Luchins - A.
Loftus - E.
22. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Heider - F.
Spearman - C.
Erikson - E.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
23. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Sperling - G.
Loftus - E.
Milner - B.
Kohler - W.
24. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Wilson - E. O.
Whorf - B.
Eagly - A.
Bandura - A.
25. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Lerner - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Horney - K.
Berkeley - G.
26. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Zimbardo - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
McClelland - D.
27. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Jung - C.
Guilford - J.
Bem - D.
Mahler - M.
28. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Bartlett - F.
Luchins - A.
Kelly - G.
29. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Luchins - A.
Freud - S.
Bem - D.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
30. Object-relations theorist
Sherrington - C.
Thorndike - E.
Mahler - M.
Paivio - A.
31. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Schachter - S.
McGuire - W.
Gardner - H.
32. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Maslow - A.
Cattell - R.
Broca - P.
Jung - C.
33. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Premack - D.
Adler - A.
Janis - I.
34. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Thorndike - E.
Bandura - A.
Lorenz - K.
35. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Cattell - R.
Watson - J.
Erikson - E.
Sternberg - R.
36. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Freud - S.
Sperling - G.
Sherif - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
37. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Luria - A.
Watson - J.
38. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Fechner - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Rescorla - R.
39. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Witkin - H.
Luchins - A.
Thurstone - L.
Rotter - J.
40. Proposed filter theory of attention
Kohler - W.
Janis - I.
Fechner - G.
Broadbent - D.
41. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Cattell - R.
Sherrington - C.
Witkin - H.
42. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Berkeley - G.
McClelland - D.
Freud - A.
43. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sperling - G.
44. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Bem - D.
Lerner - M.
Kernberg - O.
45. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Premack - D.
Erikson - E.
Winnicott - D.W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
46. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Horney - K.
Freud - A.
47. Proposed gate theory of pain
Adler - A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sperling - G.
48. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
McClelland - D.
Guilford - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
49. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Luchins - A.
Loftus - E.
Stevens - S. S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
50. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
McGuire - W.
Gibson - J.
Kohler - W.
Cannon - W.