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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied observational learning
Milner - B.
Bandura - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Kelly - G.
2. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Chomsky - N.
Sheldon - W.
Lewin - K.
Hall - E.
3. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Winnicott - D.W.
Spearman - C.
Maslow - A.
Hovland - C.
4. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Bandura - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Tinbergen - N.
Whorf - B.
5. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
von Frisch - K.
Skinner - B.F.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Lerner - M.
6. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Pavlov - I.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Festinger - L.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
7. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Wernicke - C.
Mischel - W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
8. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Freud - A.
Thurstone - L.
9. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
McClelland - D.
Fechner - G.
Asch - S.
10. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Thurstone - L.
Wolpe - J.
Mahler - M.
Rogers - C.
11. Object-relations theorist
Gardner - H.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Pavlov - I.
Mahler - M.
12. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Heider - F.
Schachter - S.
Lorenz - K.
Darwin - C.
13. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Rogers - C.
Klein - M.
14. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hovland - C.
Hall - E.
Sheldon - W.
Mahler - M.
15. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Garcia - J.
Allport - G.
Sherif - M.
Bandura - A.
16. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Bem - D.
Broca - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Zajonc. R.
17. Studied attitude change
Cannon - W.
Hovland - C.
Loftus - E.
Klein - M.
18. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Schachter - S.
Newcomb - T.
Guilford - J.
Berkeley - G.
19. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Hall - E.
Stevens - S. S.
Whorf - B.
20. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Luchins - A.
Kandel - E.
Freud - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
21. Critic of trait theories of personality
McClelland - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Premack - D.
Mischel - W.
22. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Rescorla - R.
Eysenck - H.
Mischel - W.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
23. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Sherrington - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Klein - M.
Bem - D.
24. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Witkin - H.
Asch - S.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sperling - G.
25. Studied political norms
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Newcomb - T.
Hovland - C.
Helmholtz - H.
26. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Chomsky - N.
Premack - D.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Broca - P.
27. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Zimbardo - P.
Gibson - J.
Chomsky - N.
28. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Whorf - B.
Skinner - B.F.
Mischel - W.
29. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Pavlov - I.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Hovland - C.
Bartlett - F.
30. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Eysenck - H.
Erikson - E.
Adler - A.
Maslow - A.
31. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Jung - C.
Cattell - R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
32. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Paivio - A.
Cannon - W.
Wernicke - C.
Rescorla - R.
33. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Helmholtz - H.
Penfield - W.
Cattell - R.
34. Founder of ego psychology
Thurstone - L.
Zajonc. R.
Freud - A.
Darwin - C.
35. 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
Bekesy -G.
Zajonc. R.
Schachter - S.
Cattell - R.
36. Object-relations theorist
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kernberg - O.
Skinner - B.F.
37. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Milner - B.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sherif - M.
38. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Tinbergen - N.
Cattell - R.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Milner - B.
39. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Luria - A.
Broadbent - D.
Sheldon - W.
Winnicott - D.W.
40. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Swets - John A.
Garcia - J.
Eagly - A.
41. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Premack - D.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Horney - K.
Thurstone - L.
42. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Erikson - E.
Eysenck - H.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Rescorla - R.
43. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Berkeley - G.
Luria - A.
Loftus - E.
Kohler - W.
44. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Bem - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Rogers - C.
Erikson - E.
45. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Adler - A.
Eysenck - H.
McGuire - W.
Janis - I.
46. 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
Whorf - B.
Gardner - H.
Klein - M.
Garcia - J.
47. 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.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Jung - C.
Garcia - J.
Loftus - E.
48. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gibson - J.
Sperling - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
49. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Loftus - E.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Penfield - W.
50. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Rescorla - R.
Darwin - C.