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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Sternberg - R.
Kelly - G.
Mischel - W.
Fechner - G.
2. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Mischel - W.
Luchins - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
3. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Loftus - E.
Sheldon - W.
4. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bandura - A.
Cattell - R.
Hering - E.
5. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Bartlett - F.
Heider - F.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
6. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Eysenck - H.
Hovland - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
7. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Whorf - B.
Gibson - J.
Kernberg - O.
Hall - E.
8. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Newcomb - T.
Sternberg - R.
Wolpe - J.
Cattell - R.
9. Founder of ego psychology
Watson - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Freud - A.
Helmholtz - H.
10. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Penfield - W.
Bandura - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Hall - E.
11. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Eysenck - H.
Wolpe - J.
Sternberg - R.
Witkin - H.
12. Studied locus of control
Darwin - C.
Rogers - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Rotter - J.
13. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Luchins - A.
Erikson - E.
Asch - S.
14. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Maslow - A.
Broadbent - D.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
15. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Gardner - H.
Zimbardo - P.
16. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Whorf - B.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
17. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Pavlov - I.
Janis - I.
Cattell - R.
18. Studied attitude change
Fechner - G.
Hovland - C.
Lorenz - K.
McGuire - W.
19. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Lewin - K.
Milgram - S.
Witkin - H.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
20. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Cannon - W.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
von Frisch - K.
21. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Wilson - E. O.
Klein - M.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
22. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Milgram - S.
Sperling - G.
Sternberg - R.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
23. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Fechner - G.
Wilson - E. O.
von Frisch - K.
Sheldon - W.
24. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Skinner - B.F.
Lorenz - K.
Horney - K.
25. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Janis - I.
Broadbent - D.
Loftus - E.
26. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Kernberg - O.
Paivio - A.
Erikson - E.
27. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Sheldon - W.
Mahler - M.
Gibson - J.
28. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Guilford - J.
Thurstone - L.
29. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Festinger - L.
Bem - D.
Garcia - J.
Wolpe - J.
30. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Chomsky - N.
Festinger - L.
McGuire - W.
31. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Hering - E.
Penfield - W.
Chomsky - N.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
32. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
33. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Schachter - S.
Chomsky - N.
Bartlett - F.
Mahler - M.
34. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Luchins - A.
Sheldon - W.
Stevens - S. S.
35. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Cattell - R.
Chomsky - N.
Premack - D.
Fechner - G.
36. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Sternberg - R.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
37. 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.
Lorenz - K.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Zajonc. R.
38. Developed sociobiology
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Milgram - S.
Wilson - E. O.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
39. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Fechner - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Horney - K.
40. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Broca - P.
Wernicke - C.
Freud - S.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
41. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Zimbardo - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Milner - B.
Gibson - J.
42. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Horney - K.
von Frisch - K.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Broca - P.
43. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Berkeley - G.
Paivio - A.
Chomsky - N.
Darwin - C.
44. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
McClelland - D.
Horney - K.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sperling - G.
45. Studied observational learning
Sherif - M.
Gibson - J.
Bandura - A.
Sheldon - W.
46. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Jung - C.
Kohler - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
47. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Milner - B.
Bartlett - F.
Winnicott - D.W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
48. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Kernberg - O.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
McGuire - W.
Skinner - B.F.
49. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Miller - G.
Watson - J.
Sternberg - R.
Rotter - J.
50. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Adler - A.
Heider - F.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.