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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Bem - S.
Eysenck - H.
Wilson - E. O.
Stevens - S. S.
2. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kernberg - O.
Berkeley - G.
Rogers - C.
3. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Gibson - J.
Broca - P.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
4. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Asch - S.
Mahler - M.
Wernicke - C.
5. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Watson - J.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Lewin - K.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
6. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Skinner - B.F.
Sheldon - W.
Zajonc. R.
Rotter - J.
7. Studied observational learning
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kelly - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
Bandura - A.
8. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Luchins - A.
Freud - A.
Broadbent - D.
Cattell - R.
9. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Thurstone - L.
Festinger - L.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Whorf - B.
10. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Kernberg - O.
Watson - J.
Stevens - S. S.
11. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Freud - A.
Newcomb - T.
Stevens - S. S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
12. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Bartlett - F.
Freud - S.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
13. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Hall - E.
Lorenz - K.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Stevens - S. S.
14. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Sternberg - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Bandura - A.
15. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
McGuire - W.
Wilson - E. O.
Bem - D.
Eagly - A.
16. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Cattell - R.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Mischel - W.
Spearman - C.
17. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Bandura - A.
Garcia - J.
Pavlov - I.
Cattell - R.
18. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
Thorndike - E.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Schachter - S.
19. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Thorndike - E.
Helmholtz - H.
Cannon - W.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
20. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Luchins - A.
Sherif - M.
Lewin - K.
21. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Festinger - L.
Bandura - A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wolpe - J.
22. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Chomsky - N.
Paivio - A.
Wolpe - J.
23. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Mischel - W.
Guilford - J.
Allport - G.
24. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Horney - K.
Paivio - A.
Milgram - S.
Bandura - A.
25. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
von Frisch - K.
Swets - John A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Spearman - C.
26. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Bartlett - F.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Maslow - A.
Fechner - G.
27. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Skinner - B.F.
Wilson - E. O.
Bandura - A.
28. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Heider - F.
Pavlov - I.
Miller - G.
29. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Hering - E.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Klein - M.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
30. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
Rogers - C.
Bandura - A.
Thorndike - E.
31. 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
Cannon - W.
Cattell - R.
Gardner - H.
James - W. and Lange - C.
32. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Heider - F.
Cannon - W.
33. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Darwin - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Broadbent - D.
Kandel - E.
34. Studied locus of control
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
von Frisch - K.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Rotter - J.
35. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Sheldon - W.
Kohler - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bartlett - F.
36. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Skinner - B.F.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Heider - F.
Hering - E.
37. Object-relations theorist
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Mahler - M.
Sternberg - R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
38. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Darwin - C.
Paivio - A.
Freud - S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
39. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Premack - D.
Tinbergen - N.
Guilford - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
40. Object-relations theorist
Luchins - A.
Kernberg - O.
Mischel - W.
Heider - F.
41. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Klein - M.
Sperling - G.
Bem - S.
42. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Maslow - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bandura - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
43. Founder of ego psychology
Thorndike - E.
Mischel - W.
Broca - P.
Freud - A.
44. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Wernicke - C.
Festinger - L.
45. Object-relations theorist
Ebbinghaus - H.
Bandura - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
Hovland - C.
46. 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.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Hovland - C.
Luria - A.
Jung - C.
47. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Rescorla - R.
Sherif - M.
Rogers - C.
48. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Chomsky - N.
Gardner - H.
Lerner - M.
Luchins - A.
49. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Guilford - J.
Thurstone - L.
von Frisch - K.
Hall - E.
50. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Kohler - W.
Festinger - L.
Luchins - A.