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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Miller - G.
Milner - B.
Bandura - A.
Thurstone - L.

2. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Watson - J.
Zajonc. R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.

3. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Mischel - W.
Adler - A.
Heider - F.

4. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Sperling - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.

5. 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
Jung - C.
Milgram - S.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Zajonc. R.

6. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Spearman - C.
Bem - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Schachter - S.

7. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Rogers - C.
Lerner - M.
Mischel - W.

8. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Bandura - A.
Sheldon - W.
Schachter - S.

9. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Freud - A.
Tinbergen - N.
Chomsky - N.
Kohler - W.

10. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Stevens - S. S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Lerner - M.

11. Studied observational learning
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Wernicke - C.
Bandura - A.
Klein - M.

12. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Premack - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Sperling - G.

13. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Heider - F.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Stevens - S. S.
Thorndike - E.

14. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Sherrington - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Chomsky - N.
Rescorla - R.

15. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Heider - F.
Stevens - S. S.
von Frisch - K.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.

16. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Guilford - J.
Sperling - G.
Broca - P.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.

17. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Watson - J.
Sheldon - W.
Rogers - C.

18. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Freud - A.
Wilson - E. O.

19. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Cannon - W.
Adler - A.
McClelland - D.

20. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Swets - John A.
Darwin - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Miller - G.

21. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Premack - D.
Bekesy -G.
Erikson - E.

22. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Stevens - S. S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Newcomb - T.

23. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Skinner - B.F.
Mischel - W.
Chomsky - N.
Rogers - C.

24. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Ebbinghaus - H.
McClelland - D.
Sperling - G.
Kandel - E.

25. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Gibson - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Cannon - W.
Allport - G.

26. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Broadbent - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Sherif - M.
Wernicke - C.

27. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Eysenck - H.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.

28. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Mahler - M.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Gibson - J.

29. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Guilford - J.
von Frisch - K.
Heider - F.
Lewin - K.

30. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Skinner - B.F.
Pavlov - I.
Eysenck - H.
Zimbardo - P.

31. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Witkin - H.
Bem - D.
Skinner - B.F.

32. Object-relations theorist
Spearman - C.
Klein - M.
Witkin - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.

33. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Bandura - A.
McClelland - D.
Lewin - K.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.

34. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Schachter - S.
Lewin - K.
Allport - G.
Sheldon - W.

35. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Miller - G.
Sternberg - R.
Luria - A.
McClelland - D.

36. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Lorenz - K.
Spearman - C.
Pavlov - I.
Freud - A.

37. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Bandura - A.
Watson - J.
Broadbent - D.
Janis - I.

38. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
McGuire - W.
Lerner - M.
Luchins - A.
Gibson - J.

39. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Bandura - A.
McClelland - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Guilford - J.

40. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Newcomb - T.
Jung - C.
Premack - D.

41. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bartlett - F.
Kohler - W.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Bem - S.

42. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Lerner - M.
Kernberg - O.
Asch - S.
Loftus - E.

43. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Adler - A.
Zajonc. R.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.

44. Proposed gate theory of pain
Cattell - R.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.

45. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Thurstone - L.
Festinger - L.
Guilford - J.

46. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Kandel - E.
Gardner - H.
Freud - S.

47. Studied locus of control
Thurstone - L.
Bem - D.
Rotter - J.
Gardner - H.

48. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Sternberg - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Cattell - R.
Chomsky - N.

49. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Lerner - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Miller - G.

50. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
von Frisch - K.
Lewin - K.
Garcia - J.