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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Wernicke - C.
Zimbardo - P.
Wilson - E. O.
Thorndike - E.
2. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Freud - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Lorenz - K.
3. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Jung - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Horney - K.
4. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Sherif - M.
Festinger - L.
Lorenz - K.
5. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Rotter - J.
Bekesy -G.
Stevens - S. S.
6. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Paivio - A.
Wilson - E. O.
7. Developed sociobiology
Stevens - S. S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Wilson - E. O.
Zimbardo - P.
8. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Gibson - J.
Guilford - J.
Lorenz - K.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
9. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Pavlov - I.
Bartlett - F.
Thorndike - E.
Skinner - B.F.
10. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Asch - S.
Rescorla - R.
Cattell - R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
11. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Wernicke - C.
Pavlov - I.
Whorf - B.
Cannon - W.
12. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Allport - G.
Darwin - C.
Helmholtz - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
13. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Skinner - B.F.
Berkeley - G.
Gibson - J.
14. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Loftus - E.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Chomsky - N.
Maslow - A.
15. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Cannon - W.
Stevens - S. S.
Mischel - W.
Watson - J.
16. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Maslow - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Chomsky - N.
17. Founder of ego psychology
Lerner - M.
Paivio - A.
Garcia - J.
Freud - A.
18. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Mischel - W.
Broca - P.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
19. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Skinner - B.F.
Mahler - M.
Lewin - K.
20. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Horney - K.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Rescorla - R.
Luchins - A.
21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Sternberg - R.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Cattell - R.
Mahler - M.
22. Object-relations theorist
Penfield - W.
Hall - E.
Sheldon - W.
Winnicott - D.W.
23. Object-relations theorist
Jung - C.
Klein - M.
Kelly - G.
Lorenz - K.
24. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Broca - P.
Sternberg - R.
Sherif - M.
Kohler - W.
25. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Spearman - C.
Helmholtz - H.
Bartlett - F.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
26. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
von Frisch - K.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
27. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Eagly - A.
Broadbent - D.
James - W. and Lange - C.
von Frisch - K.
28. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Witkin - H.
29. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Broadbent - D.
Premack - D.
Darwin - C.
Festinger - L.
30. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
von Frisch - K.
Allport - G.
Gardner - H.
Lewin - K.
31. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Lorenz - K.
Bandura - A.
Stevens - S. S.
32. 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.
Tinbergen - N.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sheldon - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
33. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Freud - A.
Luchins - A.
Berkeley - G.
Wolpe - J.
34. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Mischel - W.
Lorenz - K.
Whorf - B.
Luchins - A.
35. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Bem - D.
Spearman - C.
Janis - I.
McGuire - W.
36. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Winnicott - D.W.
Watson - J.
Eysenck - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
37. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Sternberg - R.
Thurstone - L.
38. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Gardner - H.
Milner - B.
Kelly - G.
39. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Swets - John A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sheldon - W.
40. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Bartlett - F.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Schachter - S.
Erikson - E.
41. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Swets - John A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Broadbent - D.
Sternberg - R.
42. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Cattell - R.
Stevens - S. S.
Loftus - E.
Bartlett - F.
43. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Luria - A.
Darwin - C.
Zimbardo - P.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
44. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Wernicke - C.
McGuire - W.
Sperling - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
45. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Guilford - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Newcomb - T.
46. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Adler - A.
Luchins - A.
Fechner - G.
Broca - P.
47. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
McClelland - D.
Thurstone - L.
Thorndike - E.
von Frisch - K.
48. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Chomsky - N.
Wolpe - J.
Janis - I.
49. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Bekesy -G.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Sherrington - C.
Kohler - W.
50. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Skinner - B.F.
Swets - John A.
Winnicott - D.W.
Cattell - R.