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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Freud - A.
Gibson - J.
Maslow - A.
2. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Maslow - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
3. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
4. Critic of trait theories of personality
Kohler - W.
Mischel - W.
Milgram - S.
Paivio - A.
5. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Mischel - W.
von Frisch - K.
Sherrington - C.
6. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Skinner - B.F.
Wolpe - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
7. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
Mahler - M.
Hering - E.
Schachter - S.
8. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Erikson - E.
Sherrington - C.
Loftus - E.
Swets - John A.
9. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sperling - G.
10. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Wilson - E. O.
Bartlett - F.
Rescorla - R.
11. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Watson - J.
Cannon - W.
Rogers - C.
12. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Garcia - J.
Bandura - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
13. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Freud - A.
Sheldon - W.
Hering - E.
14. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Jung - C.
Lorenz - K.
Kelly - G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
15. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Berkeley - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Skinner - B.F.
Cattell - R.
16. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Festinger - L.
Hall - E.
Luria - A.
Hovland - C.
17. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Eagly - A.
Berkeley - G.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kernberg - O.
18. 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
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Luchins - A.
Gardner - H.
19. Object-relations theorist
Fechner - G.
Bartlett - F.
Mahler - M.
Rogers - C.
20. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Loftus - E.
Lerner - M.
Kelly - G.
Witkin - H.
21. Studied political norms
Erikson - E.
Zajonc. R.
Newcomb - T.
Milgram - S.
22. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Jung - C.
Chomsky - N.
Sherif - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
23. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Bem - D.
Pavlov - I.
Chomsky - N.
Penfield - W.
24. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Newcomb - T.
McClelland - D.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
25. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Bem - S.
Sheldon - W.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Loftus - E.
26. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Luchins - A.
von Frisch - K.
Bekesy -G.
Sheldon - W.
27. 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.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Newcomb - T.
Sheldon - W.
Asch - S.
28. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Thorndike - E.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Luria - A.
29. Studied locus of control
Garcia - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Rotter - J.
Hall - E.
30. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Thurstone - L.
Kandel - E.
Gibson - J.
31. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Asch - S.
Gardner - H.
Watson - J.
Whorf - B.
33. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Freud - S.
Lerner - M.
34. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Jung - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Newcomb - T.
Guilford - J.
35. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Rotter - J.
Festinger - L.
36. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Bandura - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
von Frisch - K.
37. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Wolpe - J.
Fechner - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
38. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
Kohler - W.
Luchins - A.
Sherrington - C.
39. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Cannon - W.
Broca - P.
Bem - S.
Chomsky - N.
40. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Mahler - M.
Jung - C.
41. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Berkeley - G.
Broca - P.
Bekesy -G.
42. Developed sociobiology
Kandel - E.
Kelly - G.
Chomsky - N.
Wilson - E. O.
43. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Sperling - G.
Helmholtz - H.
Garcia - J.
Kohler - W.
44. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Tinbergen - N.
Bandura - A.
Luria - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
45. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Paivio - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
46. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Loftus - E.
Asch - S.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Skinner - B.F.
47. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Thorndike - E.
Heider - F.
Zajonc. R.
48. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Gardner - H.
Stevens - S. S.
Kelly - G.
Fechner - G.
49. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Skinner - B.F.
Sherrington - C.
Kelly - G.
Freud - A.
50. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Kelly - G.
Loftus - E.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.