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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Freud - S.
Schachter - S.
Eysenck - H.
Cattell - R.
2. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Allport - G.
Lewin - K.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Sheldon - W.
3. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Eagly - A.
Guilford - J.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Bem - S.
4. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Wilson - E. O.
Fechner - G.
Wolpe - J.
Lewin - K.
5. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Newcomb - T.
Klein - M.
Miller - G.
6. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Zimbardo - P.
Skinner - B.F.
Chomsky - N.
Bekesy -G.
7. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Helmholtz - H.
Eagly - A.
Skinner - B.F.
8. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Darwin - C.
Eysenck - H.
Zajonc. R.
9. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Whorf - B.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
10. Object-relations theorist
Bekesy -G.
Guilford - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Cattell - R.
11. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Skinner - B.F.
Bandura - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Wilson - E. O.
12. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Zajonc. R.
Wernicke - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
13. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Milgram - S.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Cannon - W.
14. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Helmholtz - H.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Watson - J.
Spearman - C.
15. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bartlett - F.
Milner - B.
Bem - S.
McClelland - D.
16. Proposed gate theory of pain
Penfield - W.
Thurstone - L.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kandel - E.
17. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Thorndike - E.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Cattell - R.
Wernicke - C.
18. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sherif - M.
Guilford - J.
Mischel - W.
19. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Bartlett - F.
Rotter - J.
Adler - A.
Rescorla - R.
20. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Luchins - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Heider - F.
Skinner - B.F.
21. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Berkeley - G.
Lerner - M.
Pavlov - I.
Skinner - B.F.
22. Proposed filter theory of attention
Kernberg - O.
Broadbent - D.
Cattell - R.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
23. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Skinner - B.F.
Heider - F.
Kelly - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
24. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Mischel - W.
Zimbardo - P.
Loftus - E.
Mahler - M.
25. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Bandura - A.
Thorndike - E.
McClelland - D.
Sperling - G.
26. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Helmholtz - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Garcia - J.
Luria - A.
27. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Festinger - L.
Bem - D.
28. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
McClelland - D.
Lerner - M.
Bandura - A.
Freud - A.
29. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Hovland - C.
Eysenck - H.
Freud - S.
Bem - D.
30. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Hering - E.
Cannon - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
31. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Fechner - G.
Whorf - B.
32. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Hall - E.
Freud - A.
Luchins - A.
Berkeley - G.
33. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Wolpe - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Janis - I.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
34. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
McGuire - W.
Wilson - E. O.
Helmholtz - H.
35. Studied insights in problem solving
McClelland - D.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kohler - W.
Garcia - J.
36. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Horney - K.
Zimbardo - P.
Rescorla - R.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
37. Developed theory of isomorphism
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Rogers - C.
Kohler - W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
38. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Hall - E.
Asch - S.
Schachter - S.
Wolpe - J.
39. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Lewin - K.
Milner - B.
Wolpe - J.
Wernicke - C.
40. Studied attitude change
Kernberg - O.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Hall - E.
Hovland - C.
41. 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.
Jung - C.
Gibson - J.
Erikson - E.
42. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Adler - A.
Hering - E.
Thurstone - L.
Erikson - E.
43. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Hall - E.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
44. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Schachter - S.
Luchins - A.
Hovland - C.
Wernicke - C.
45. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Gardner - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Horney - K.
von Frisch - K.
46. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Thorndike - E.
Mahler - M.
Maslow - A.
Wolpe - J.
47. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Pavlov - I.
Zimbardo - P.
Cattell - R.
48. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Premack - D.
Sherif - M.
Spearman - C.
Schachter - S.
49. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kohler - W.
Broadbent - D.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
50. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Luria - A.
Darwin - C.
Thorndike - E.