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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied political norms
Gibson - J.
Newcomb - T.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Erikson - E.
2. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Broca - P.
Witkin - H.
Kandel - E.
Erikson - E.
3. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Milner - B.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wernicke - C.
4. Object-relations theorist
Stevens - S. S.
Klein - M.
Festinger - L.
Adler - A.
5. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Thurstone - L.
Sperling - G.
Whorf - B.
Sherrington - C.
6. 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
Rotter - J.
Freud - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Zajonc. R.
7. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Lerner - M.
Cannon - W.
Sherrington - C.
Gibson - J.
8. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Allport - G.
Rogers - C.
Wernicke - C.
Spearman - C.
9. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Witkin - H.
Thorndike - E.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bandura - A.
10. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Chomsky - N.
Festinger - L.
McGuire - W.
Helmholtz - H.
11. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Festinger - L.
Whorf - B.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
12. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
McGuire - W.
Rotter - J.
Kelly - G.
13. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Mahler - M.
Milgram - S.
Darwin - C.
Broca - P.
14. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Thurstone - L.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Lerner - M.
15. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Jung - C.
Eagly - A.
Cattell - R.
Cattell - R.
16. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gardner - H.
Gibson - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Paivio - A.
17. 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.
Schachter - S.
Watson - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
18. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Wernicke - C.
Bartlett - F.
Cannon - W.
19. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Janis - I.
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
Luchins - A.
Rescorla - R.
Cattell - R.
Helmholtz - H.
21. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Stevens - S. S.
Horney - K.
Milner - B.
Darwin - C.
22. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Sperling - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Skinner - B.F.
Rescorla - R.
23. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Jung - C.
Rogers - C.
Penfield - W.
Festinger - L.
24. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Gardner - H.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Spearman - C.
25. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Wilson - E. O.
McGuire - W.
Fechner - G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
26. 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.
Skinner - B.F.
Spearman - C.
Swets - John A.
27. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Miller - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Janis - I.
Winnicott - D.W.
28. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Skinner - B.F.
Helmholtz - H.
Sperling - G.
29. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Janis - I.
Horney - K.
30. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Lewin - K.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Gibson - J.
Guilford - J.
31. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Gardner - H.
Eagly - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Wolpe - J.
32. Developed sociobiology
Garcia - J.
Wilson - E. O.
Chomsky - N.
Jung - C.
33. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Chomsky - N.
Witkin - H.
Kernberg - O.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
34. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Heider - F.
Garcia - J.
Bekesy -G.
35. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Zajonc. R.
Thorndike - E.
Janis - I.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
36. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Lewin - K.
Kernberg - O.
Sternberg - R.
37. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Skinner - B.F.
Cannon - W.
Bandura - A.
Bem - D.
38. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Gardner - H.
Erikson - E.
Garcia - J.
39. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kelly - G.
Swets - John A.
von Frisch - K.
40. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Rogers - C.
Loftus - E.
41. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Kohler - W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Bem - D.
Berkeley - G.
42. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Rescorla - R.
Stevens - S. S.
Heider - F.
Thorndike - E.
43. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Berkeley - G.
Horney - K.
Broca - P.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
44. 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.
Sherif - M.
Jung - C.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Eysenck - H.
45. Studied attitude change
Swets - John A.
Klein - M.
Hovland - C.
Eysenck - H.
46. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
McGuire - W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Zimbardo - P.
47. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Newcomb - T.
Thorndike - E.
Helmholtz - H.
48. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Mahler - M.
Rescorla - R.
49. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Luchins - A.
Lewin - K.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
McClelland - D.
50. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Witkin - H.
Thurstone - L.
Premack - D.