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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Lewin - K.
Sternberg - R.
Wolpe - J.
Bartlett - F.
2. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Witkin - H.
Tinbergen - N.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Berkeley - G.
3. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Pavlov - I.
Rotter - J.
Eysenck - H.
Skinner - B.F.
4. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Festinger - L.
Sperling - G.
Gardner - H.
5. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kernberg - O.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Fechner - G.
6. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Helmholtz - H.
Fechner - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
Heider - F.
7. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Eagly - A.
Broadbent - D.
8. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Miller - G.
Rotter - J.
Thorndike - E.
9. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Luria - A.
Mahler - M.
Premack - D.
10. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Mischel - W.
Lewin - K.
Guilford - J.
11. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Whorf - B.
Helmholtz - H.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
12. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Kohler - W.
Garcia - J.
Bem - S.
Miller - G.
13. 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.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Schachter - S.
Jung - C.
Stevens - S. S.
14. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Lorenz - K.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Darwin - C.
Cattell - R.
15. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Broadbent - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
16. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
McGuire - W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Watson - J.
17. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Freud - A.
Cannon - W.
Jung - C.
18. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Spearman - C.
von Frisch - K.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
19. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Mischel - W.
Festinger - L.
20. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
von Frisch - K.
Kelly - G.
Freud - S.
Milner - B.
21. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Penfield - W.
Rotter - J.
Sherif - M.
22. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Kandel - E.
Mischel - W.
23. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Loftus - E.
McGuire - W.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Rogers - C.
24. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Thurstone - L.
Thorndike - E.
Mischel - W.
25. Developed theory of isomorphism
Klein - M.
Rogers - C.
Kohler - W.
Freud - A.
26. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Darwin - C.
Wolpe - J.
27. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hovland - C.
Hall - E.
Lorenz - K.
Janis - I.
28. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Spearman - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
29. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Cannon - W.
Kohler - W.
Sherif - M.
30. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Skinner - B.F.
Cattell - R.
Lorenz - K.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
31. 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.
Sheldon - W.
Maslow - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
32. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Erikson - E.
Cattell - R.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Lorenz - K.
33. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Stevens - S. S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Milner - B.
34. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
von Frisch - K.
Spearman - C.
Asch - S.
Adler - A.
35. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Bartlett - F.
Bekesy -G.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Luchins - A.
36. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Bandura - A.
McClelland - D.
Newcomb - T.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
37. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Berkeley - G.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
38. Object-relations theorist
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Witkin - H.
Klein - M.
Stevens - S. S.
39. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Lorenz - K.
Whorf - B.
40. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Bekesy -G.
Ebbinghaus - H.
41. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Rescorla - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
42. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Thurstone - L.
43. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Luchins - A.
von Frisch - K.
Newcomb - T.
Miller - G.
44. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Freud - A.
Stevens - S. S.
Witkin - H.
Eagly - A.
45. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Berkeley - G.
Ebbinghaus - H.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
McClelland - D.
46. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Allport - G.
Tinbergen - N.
47. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Sperling - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Newcomb - T.
48. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Fechner - G.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Guilford - J.
49. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Janis - I.
Schachter - S.
McGuire - W.
Milner - B.
50. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Chomsky - N.
Kernberg - O.
Hering - E.
Horney - K.