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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Schachter - S.
Hering - E.
Sperling - G.
Pavlov - I.
2. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Klein - M.
Loftus - E.
Bartlett - F.
3. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Festinger - L.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Rescorla - R.
4. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Bem - S.
Gibson - J.
Fechner - G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
5. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Ebbinghaus - H.
6. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Sherrington - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Eysenck - H.
Bartlett - F.
7. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Hovland - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
McGuire - W.
8. 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.
Thurstone - L.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sherrington - C.
Guilford - J.
9. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Sperling - G.
Klein - M.
Adler - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
10. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Gibson - J.
Loftus - E.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Helmholtz - H.
11. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Festinger - L.
Sheldon - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Freud - S.
12. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sternberg - R.
Tinbergen - N.
13. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Gardner - H.
Watson - J.
Eysenck - H.
Sherif - M.
14. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Whorf - B.
Adler - A.
Zimbardo - P.
Maslow - A.
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
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Freud - A.
Watson - J.
Chomsky - N.
16. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Penfield - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Lorenz - K.
17. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Janis - I.
Fechner - G.
Zajonc. R.
18. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Mischel - W.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Miller - G.
19. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Stevens - S. S.
Guilford - J.
Milner - B.
20. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bandura - A.
Lerner - M.
21. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Gibson - J.
Schachter - S.
Lerner - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
22. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
James - W. and Lange - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Rogers - C.
Kernberg - O.
23. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Thurstone - L.
Cannon - W.
Kandel - E.
24. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Thurstone - L.
Bartlett - F.
Rogers - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
25. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Thurstone - L.
Thorndike - E.
Jung - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
26. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Fechner - G.
Lorenz - K.
Pavlov - I.
27. Proposed filter theory of attention
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Broadbent - D.
Bem - S.
Freud - S.
28. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Broca - P.
Cattell - R.
29. Critic of trait theories of personality
James - W. and Lange - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
McGuire - W.
Mischel - W.
30. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Bekesy -G.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Wernicke - C.
Paivio - A.
31. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Schachter - S.
McClelland - D.
Whorf - B.
Freud - S.
32. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Broadbent - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Asch - S.
Luchins - A.
33. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Penfield - W.
Chomsky - N.
Skinner - B.F.
Cattell - R.
34. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Eysenck - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Newcomb - T.
35. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wilson - E. O.
Watson - J.
36. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Bandura - A.
Lorenz - K.
37. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Skinner - B.F.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Witkin - H.
von Frisch - K.
38. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Garcia - J.
Mahler - M.
Mischel - W.
39. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Guilford - J.
Witkin - H.
Sheldon - W.
Miller - G.
40. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
Zajonc. R.
Guilford - J.
Garcia - J.
41. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sherrington - C.
42. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Mahler - M.
Zimbardo - P.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
43. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Luchins - A.
Kandel - E.
Winnicott - D.W.
Kelly - G.
44. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Klein - M.
Zajonc. R.
Kandel - E.
45. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Premack - D.
Winnicott - D.W.
Festinger - L.
von Frisch - K.
46. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Chomsky - N.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Jung - C.
Witkin - H.
47. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Rescorla - R.
Schachter - S.
Watson - J.
48. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Klein - M.
Asch - S.
Bem - D.
49. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Cannon - W.
Festinger - L.
Sheldon - W.
Berkeley - G.
50. Founder of ego psychology
Eagly - A.
Sternberg - R.
Broca - P.
Freud - A.