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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Kelly - G.
Rescorla - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Horney - K.
2. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Kernberg - O.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Helmholtz - H.
Broca - P.
3. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Broca - P.
Mahler - M.
4. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Klein - M.
Chomsky - N.
Kelly - G.
Lorenz - K.
5. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Cannon - W.
Watson - J.
6. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Whorf - B.
Eagly - A.
7. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Garcia - J.
Cattell - R.
Wolpe - J.
Asch - S.
8. Proposed filter theory of attention
Bem - S.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Broadbent - D.
Sheldon - W.
9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Eysenck - H.
Gibson - J.
Schachter - S.
10. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
McGuire - W.
Hering - E.
Janis - I.
Eysenck - H.
11. 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
Premack - D.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Gardner - H.
Jung - C.
12. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Newcomb - T.
Paivio - A.
Schachter - S.
13. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Stevens - S. S.
Rescorla - R.
Spearman - C.
14. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Allport - G.
Watson - J.
Sternberg - R.
McClelland - D.
15. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
McGuire - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Stevens - S. S.
16. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Thurstone - L.
Rogers - C.
Broadbent - D.
17. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Cattell - R.
Paivio - A.
Mischel - W.
18. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Kohler - W.
Witkin - H.
Miller - G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
19. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Swets - John A.
Bandura - A.
Luchins - A.
20. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Penfield - W.
Bandura - A.
Swets - John A.
21. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Allport - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Wernicke - C.
22. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
James - W. and Lange - C.
Heider - F.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Witkin - H.
23. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bem - D.
Jung - C.
24. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Wernicke - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Pavlov - I.
Fechner - G.
25. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Sherif - M.
Broadbent - D.
26. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
McGuire - W.
Wernicke - C.
McClelland - D.
Eagly - A.
27. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Luria - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bem - D.
Swets - John A.
28. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Allport - G.
Klein - M.
Tinbergen - N.
Watson - J.
29. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bandura - A.
Gardner - H.
Mahler - M.
Bekesy -G.
30. Studied locus of control
Miller - G.
Zajonc. R.
Rotter - J.
Kernberg - O.
31. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Gibson - J.
Kernberg - O.
Lorenz - K.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
32. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Watson - J.
Rogers - C.
Kohler - W.
33. Object-relations theorist
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Lewin - K.
Bartlett - F.
Klein - M.
34. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Thurstone - L.
Rotter - J.
35. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Kernberg - O.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Heider - F.
36. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Kandel - E.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Witkin - H.
37. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Kandel - E.
Wolpe - J.
38. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Witkin - H.
Tinbergen - N.
39. Developed theory of isomorphism
Newcomb - T.
Kohler - W.
Guilford - J.
Kelly - G.
40. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Jung - C.
Watson - J.
Maslow - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
41. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Luchins - A.
Hall - E.
Cattell - R.
Lewin - K.
42. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Freud - S.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Gibson - J.
Maslow - A.
43. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Miller - G.
Lerner - M.
44. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Wilson - E. O.
Festinger - L.
Bem - D.
Spearman - C.
45. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Rogers - C.
Tinbergen - N.
Hall - E.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
46. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Kohler - W.
Kandel - E.
Bem - S.
47. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Maslow - A.
Witkin - H.
Lewin - K.
Berkeley - G.
48. Studied political norms
Broca - P.
Newcomb - T.
Premack - D.
Gibson - J.
49. Object-relations theorist
Darwin - C.
Allport - G.
Kernberg - O.
Hovland - C.
50. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Lerner - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Miller - G.
Milgram - S.