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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Broca - P.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Chomsky - N.
2. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Guilford - J.
Freud - A.
Hovland - C.
Berkeley - G.
3. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Swets - John A.
4. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Bem - D.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Mahler - M.
5. 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
Gardner - H.
Tinbergen - N.
Bekesy -G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
6. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kelly - G.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Luria - A.
7. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Lerner - M.
Freud - A.
Gardner - H.
8. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Pavlov - I.
Penfield - W.
Bekesy -G.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
9. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Penfield - W.
Bandura - A.
Broadbent - D.
Luria - A.
10. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Sherif - M.
Bekesy -G.
Premack - D.
Spearman - C.
11. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Cattell - R.
Thorndike - E.
Kelly - G.
Bandura - A.
12. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Kelly - G.
Festinger - L.
McGuire - W.
13. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Stevens - S. S.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sherrington - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
14. Object-relations theorist
Sherif - M.
Kohler - W.
Mahler - M.
Lerner - M.
15. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Sherif - M.
Spearman - C.
Wolpe - J.
Festinger - L.
16. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Gibson - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Loftus - E.
Wernicke - C.
17. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Kelly - G.
Miller - G.
Witkin - H.
Adler - A.
18. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Bekesy -G.
Gibson - J.
Wernicke - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
19. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
Kernberg - O.
Lorenz - K.
Bem - S.
20. Object-relations theorist
Asch - S.
Premack - D.
Winnicott - D.W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
21. Founder of ego psychology
Bekesy -G.
Hering - E.
Bem - D.
Freud - A.
22. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Wolpe - J.
Broca - P.
Freud - S.
Sherif - M.
23. Studied attitude change
Spearman - C.
Sherrington - C.
Sternberg - R.
Hovland - C.
24. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Watson - J.
Eagly - A.
25. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Paivio - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bem - D.
26. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Ebbinghaus - H.
Allport - G.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Hall - E.
27. 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
Zajonc. R.
Witkin - H.
Rescorla - R.
Whorf - B.
28. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Erikson - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Darwin - C.
Heider - F.
29. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Freud - A.
Cannon - W.
Wilson - E. O.
30. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Chomsky - N.
Bem - D.
31. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Rogers - C.
Cattell - R.
Luchins - A.
Skinner - B.F.
32. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Mischel - W.
Broadbent - D.
Garcia - J.
Jung - C.
33. 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.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Schachter - S.
Jung - C.
Wolpe - J.
34. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Rescorla - R.
Allport - G.
Bandura - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
35. Critic of trait theories of personality
Thurstone - L.
Spearman - C.
Zajonc. R.
Mischel - W.
36. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Wilson - E. O.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Luchins - A.
Luria - A.
37. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Kelly - G.
Eagly - A.
Horney - K.
38. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Whorf - B.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Heider - F.
Wernicke - C.
39. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Hovland - C.
Luchins - A.
Eysenck - H.
40. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
von Frisch - K.
Klein - M.
Adler - A.
41. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Bartlett - F.
Watson - J.
42. Studied political norms
Wilson - E. O.
Sherif - M.
Tinbergen - N.
Newcomb - T.
43. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Broadbent - D.
Penfield - W.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
44. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Newcomb - T.
Guilford - J.
Thurstone - L.
45. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Lerner - M.
Zimbardo - P.
Pavlov - I.
46. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Schachter - S.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Bekesy -G.
Eysenck - H.
47. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Sherif - M.
Kernberg - O.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Erikson - E.
48. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Adler - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Mischel - W.
49. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Horney - K.
Maslow - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
50. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Bem - S.
Premack - D.
Hall - E.