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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Paivio - A.
Loftus - E.
Hall - E.
Wilson - E. O.
2. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Lewin - K.
3. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Zimbardo - P.
Spearman - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
4. Proposed filter theory of attention
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kandel - E.
Broadbent - D.
5. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Allport - G.
Hering - E.
Jung - C.
Asch - S.
6. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Adler - A.
Newcomb - T.
Loftus - E.
Kandel - E.
7. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Jung - C.
Eagly - A.
Sherrington - C.
Helmholtz - H.
8. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Penfield - W.
Chomsky - N.
9. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Premack - D.
Jung - C.
Cattell - R.
Gibson - J.
10. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Gibson - J.
Spearman - C.
11. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Schachter - S.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Festinger - L.
Garcia - J.
12. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Sherif - M.
Fechner - G.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
13. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Witkin - H.
Tinbergen - N.
Miller - G.
Mahler - M.
14. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Sherif - M.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Cannon - W.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
15. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.
Darwin - C.
Mischel - W.
Jung - C.
Kelly - G.
16. Developed sociobiology
Cannon - W.
Wilson - E. O.
Rogers - C.
Rotter - J.
17. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Premack - D.
Schachter - S.
Asch - S.
18. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Kelly - G.
Cattell - R.
Bandura - A.
Janis - I.
19. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Bandura - A.
Zimbardo - P.
Cattell - R.
20. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Cattell - R.
Horney - K.
Swets - John A.
21. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Wernicke - C.
Newcomb - T.
Hering - E.
Bem - S.
22. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Fechner - G.
Zajonc. R.
Milgram - S.
23. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Broca - P.
McGuire - W.
Freud - A.
Luchins - A.
24. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Lerner - M.
Hall - E.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Skinner - B.F.
25. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Chomsky - N.
Winnicott - D.W.
Eysenck - H.
26. Founder of ego psychology
Sherrington - C.
Kernberg - O.
Freud - A.
Kohler - W.
27. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Tinbergen - N.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Klein - M.
28. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Guilford - J.
Milgram - S.
von Frisch - K.
Gibson - J.
29. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Bem - D.
Darwin - C.
Bartlett - F.
30. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Cattell - R.
Bekesy -G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
31. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Ebbinghaus - H.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Thorndike - E.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
32. Critic of trait theories of personality
Bandura - A.
Festinger - L.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Mischel - W.
33. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Maslow - A.
Schachter - S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Helmholtz - H.
34. Studied attitude change
Kernberg - O.
Hovland - C.
Bandura - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
35. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Rescorla - R.
Erikson - E.
Wolpe - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
36. Studied insights in problem solving
Penfield - W.
Kohler - W.
Festinger - L.
Asch - S.
37. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Fechner - G.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
38. 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
Paivio - A.
Chomsky - N.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Gardner - H.
39. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Festinger - L.
Newcomb - T.
Wilson - E. O.
40. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Horney - K.
Bandura - A.
Mischel - W.
Broca - P.
41. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Penfield - W.
Bekesy -G.
Rescorla - R.
Witkin - H.
42. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Janis - I.
Berkeley - G.
Thorndike - E.
Pavlov - I.
43. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Ebbinghaus - H.
Stevens - S. S.
Skinner - B.F.
Kernberg - O.
44. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Lerner - M.
McClelland - D.
Broca - P.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
45. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bem - S.
Rescorla - R.
Guilford - J.
46. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
James - W. and Lange - C.
Thorndike - E.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wolpe - J.
47. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Kandel - E.
Cannon - W.
Bem - S.
Adler - A.
48. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Eagly - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Cannon - W.
49. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Erikson - E.
Freud - A.
Bekesy -G.
Eysenck - H.
50. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Thurstone - L.
Stevens - S. S.
Sperling - G.