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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Luria - A.
Adler - A.
2. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Broca - P.
Wernicke - C.
Sperling - G.
3. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Tinbergen - N.
Bem - S.
Wolpe - J.
4. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Miller - G.
Lorenz - K.
McGuire - W.
5. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Wolpe - J.
Witkin - H.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Darwin - C.
6. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
McClelland - D.
Sherif - M.
Asch - S.
7. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kohler - W.
Kernberg - O.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kelly - G.
8. Proposed filter theory of attention
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Hovland - C.
Thorndike - E.
Broadbent - D.
9. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Asch - S.
Tinbergen - N.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
10. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Fechner - G.
Hall - E.
Thorndike - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
11. Developed sociobiology
Festinger - L.
Wilson - E. O.
Winnicott - D.W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
12. Object-relations theorist
Broca - P.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Bandura - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
13. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Pavlov - I.
Stevens - S. S.
14. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Janis - I.
Adler - A.
Freud - A.
Mischel - W.
15. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Lerner - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Whorf - B.
Wolpe - J.
16. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Cattell - R.
Freud - S.
Asch - S.
Maslow - A.
17. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Maslow - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Janis - I.
Adler - A.
18. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Spearman - C.
Kohler - W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Whorf - B.
19. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Winnicott - D.W.
Gibson - J.
Allport - G.
Thorndike - E.
20. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Gibson - J.
Freud - S.
Skinner - B.F.
21. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Hering - E.
Eagly - A.
Cattell - R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
22. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Festinger - L.
von Frisch - K.
Hall - E.
23. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Wolpe - J.
Premack - D.
Rogers - C.
McClelland - D.
24. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Broca - P.
Adler - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Loftus - E.
25. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Lewin - K.
Stevens - S. S.
Bem - D.
Skinner - B.F.
26. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Cannon - W.
Loftus - E.
Mischel - W.
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.
Lerner - M.
Hall - E.
Festinger - L.
28. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Cattell - R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Bekesy -G.
29. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Sperling - G.
Mischel - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Thurstone - L.
30. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Eagly - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Gibson - J.
31. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Ebbinghaus - H.
Freud - A.
Wilson - E. O.
Milgram - S.
32. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Miller - G.
Sherrington - C.
Rescorla - R.
33. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Janis - I.
von Frisch - K.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Lewin - K.
34. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Whorf - B.
Newcomb - T.
Garcia - J.
Fechner - G.
35. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Luchins - A.
Cannon - W.
Lerner - M.
Kelly - G.
36. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Maslow - A.
Rotter - J.
Festinger - L.
Spearman - C.
37. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Witkin - H.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Helmholtz - H.
Eysenck - H.
38. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sherif - M.
McClelland - D.
Hering - E.
39. Critic of trait theories of personality
McClelland - D.
Mischel - W.
Kohler - W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
40. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Helmholtz - H.
Skinner - B.F.
41. 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.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Rotter - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
42. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Cannon - W.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Watson - J.
43. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Heider - F.
Gibson - J.
Milgram - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
44. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Erikson - E.
Sternberg - R.
Janis - I.
Heider - F.
45. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Premack - D.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Thorndike - E.
Freud - S.
46. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Freud - S.
Watson - J.
Luria - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
47. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sperling - G.
Miller - G.
48. Developed theory of isomorphism
Lerner - M.
Kohler - W.
Freud - A.
Thorndike - E.
49. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Milgram - S.
Helmholtz - H.
Cannon - W.
Skinner - B.F.
50. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Fechner - G.
Gibson - J.
Sherrington - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.