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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Bandura - A.
Garcia - J.
Whorf - B.
Gardner - H.
2. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kernberg - O.
Broadbent - D.
Wernicke - C.
3. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Janis - I.
Eagly - A.
Chomsky - N.
4. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Bem - D.
Broca - P.
Milgram - S.
Whorf - B.
5. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Bandura - A.
Hall - E.
Klein - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
6. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Broadbent - D.
Wolpe - J.
7. Studied political norms
Witkin - H.
Freud - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Newcomb - T.
8. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Helmholtz - H.
Cattell - R.
Gardner - H.
Horney - K.
9. Developed theory of isomorphism
Sperling - G.
Kohler - W.
Premack - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
10. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Eagly - A.
Milner - B.
Hovland - C.
11. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Darwin - C.
Eagly - A.
Tinbergen - N.
12. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Jung - C.
Luria - A.
Festinger - L.
13. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Adler - A.
Wernicke - C.
Janis - I.
Kelly - G.
14. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Bem - S.
Skinner - B.F.
Darwin - C.
Spearman - C.
15. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Berkeley - G.
Watson - J.
Thorndike - E.
Kelly - G.
16. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Bartlett - F.
Eysenck - H.
Kandel - E.
Jung - C.
17. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Sherrington - C.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Horney - K.
18. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Skinner - B.F.
Sherif - M.
19. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Lorenz - K.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Lerner - M.
Kandel - E.
20. Founder of ego psychology
Lerner - M.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Freud - A.
21. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Schachter - S.
Fechner - G.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sperling - G.
22. Studied observational learning
Adler - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Bandura - A.
Lewin - K.
23. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bandura - A.
Fechner - G.
Bartlett - F.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
24. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Sperling - G.
Rogers - C.
Garcia - J.
25. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Sheldon - W.
Cattell - R.
Thorndike - E.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
26. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sherrington - C.
Stevens - S. S.
27. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Witkin - H.
Thurstone - L.
Premack - D.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
28. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Stevens - S. S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Penfield - W.
29. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Cannon - W.
Wilson - E. O.
Cattell - R.
30. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Garcia - J.
Cannon - W.
Lerner - M.
Bandura - A.
31. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Luchins - A.
Fechner - G.
Luria - A.
Horney - K.
32. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Chomsky - N.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Horney - K.
33. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Maslow - A.
Cattell - R.
34. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Heider - F.
Rotter - J.
Sperling - G.
35. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Freud - S.
Jung - C.
Sternberg - R.
36. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Chomsky - N.
Sternberg - R.
Heider - F.
Luchins - A.
37. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Berkeley - G.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
38. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Cattell - R.
Sherif - M.
Helmholtz - H.
Maslow - A.
39. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Zajonc. R.
Bekesy -G.
Heider - F.
40. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Spearman - C.
Miller - G.
41. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Witkin - H.
Broadbent - D.
Hering - E.
42. 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
Rescorla - R.
Zajonc. R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Kohler - W.
43. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Newcomb - T.
Sternberg - R.
44. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Freud - S.
Thurstone - L.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
45. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Hall - E.
Loftus - E.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Mahler - M.
46. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Rogers - C.
Whorf - B.
Eagly - A.
Berkeley - G.
47. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Miller - G.
Swets - John A.
Pavlov - I.
Jung - C.
48. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Eagly - A.
Darwin - C.
Zajonc. R.
49. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Adler - A.
Darwin - C.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
50. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Guilford - J.
Schachter - S.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Erikson - E.