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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Zajonc. R.
Cannon - W.
Adler - A.
Zimbardo - P.
2. 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.
Loftus - E.
Chomsky - N.
Garcia - J.
3. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Bem - S.
Sherif - M.
4. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kandel - E.
Winnicott - D.W.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
5. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Eysenck - H.
Schachter - S.
Bandura - A.
6. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Cannon - W.
Kelly - G.
McClelland - D.
Watson - J.
7. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Jung - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Maslow - A.
Luria - A.
8. Object-relations theorist
Rescorla - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
Rogers - C.
Bandura - A.
9. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Broca - P.
Adler - A.
Kernberg - O.
10. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Sternberg - R.
McGuire - W.
Sherif - M.
Broca - P.
11. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Freud - A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Hall - E.
12. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Penfield - W.
Bartlett - F.
Zajonc. R.
13. 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.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Rotter - J.
14. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Whorf - B.
Freud - S.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Garcia - J.
15. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Fechner - G.
Hovland - C.
Bem - D.
Broadbent - D.
16. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Garcia - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
17. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Zajonc. R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Helmholtz - H.
18. Studied insights in problem solving
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Klein - M.
Kohler - W.
Erikson - E.
19. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Hall - E.
Swets - John A.
Mischel - W.
20. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Heider - F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Rescorla - R.
Hering - E.
21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Sherif - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kohler - W.
Cattell - R.
22. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Rescorla - R.
Pavlov - I.
Helmholtz - H.
23. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Maslow - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kandel - E.
Mischel - W.
24. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Bekesy -G.
Cattell - R.
Janis - I.
25. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Kohler - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sherrington - C.
Eagly - A.
26. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Kohler - W.
Milner - B.
Sperling - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
27. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Newcomb - T.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Bekesy -G.
Thorndike - E.
28. Studied attitude change
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Winnicott - D.W.
Hovland - C.
Fechner - G.
29. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Lerner - M.
Tinbergen - N.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Cattell - R.
30. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Mahler - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Lewin - K.
31. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Wilson - E. O.
Zimbardo - P.
Jung - C.
Skinner - B.F.
32. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Rogers - C.
Broca - P.
Thorndike - E.
33. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Guilford - J.
Whorf - B.
Festinger - L.
Erikson - E.
34. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Gardner - H.
Eagly - A.
Watson - J.
Heider - F.
35. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Thorndike - E.
Spearman - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
36. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kernberg - O.
Garcia - J.
Berkeley - G.
37. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Lerner - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
38. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Darwin - C.
Cattell - R.
Rogers - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
39. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Milner - B.
Whorf - B.
Lorenz - K.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
40. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Mischel - W.
Pavlov - I.
Watson - J.
Bem - S.
41. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Gibson - J.
Swets - John A.
Wolpe - J.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
42. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Mahler - M.
Broadbent - D.
Wernicke - C.
Whorf - B.
43. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Broca - P.
Guilford - J.
Cattell - R.
Darwin - C.
44. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Broadbent - D.
Bem - D.
McGuire - W.
45. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Sperling - G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Watson - J.
46. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Kohler - W.
Freud - S.
Kohler - W.
Luchins - A.
47. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Bekesy -G.
Asch - S.
Sheldon - W.
Loftus - E.
48. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Kohler - W.
Janis - I.
Winnicott - D.W.
49. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Lerner - M.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Guilford - J.
Eagly - A.
50. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Bem - D.
Pavlov - I.
Lewin - K.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.