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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Freud - A.
Wernicke - C.
2. 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.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Cattell - R.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
3. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Sherrington - C.
4. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Schachter - S.
Milgram - S.
Klein - M.
Berkeley - G.
5. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Maslow - A.
Freud - A.
6. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Garcia - J.
Kelly - G.
Darwin - C.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
7. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Lewin - K.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
8. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Jung - C.
Newcomb - T.
Asch - S.
Sperling - G.
9. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Newcomb - T.
Loftus - E.
Kohler - W.
Lerner - M.
10. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Luria - A.
Garcia - J.
Horney - K.
11. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Asch - S.
Bandura - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
12. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Broadbent - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Rotter - J.
Hering - E.
13. Proposed filter theory of attention
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Broadbent - D.
Hering - E.
Paivio - A.
14. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Tinbergen - N.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Wolpe - J.
Heider - F.
15. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Newcomb - T.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kelly - G.
16. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Fechner - G.
Paivio - A.
Kandel - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
17. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Wilson - E. O.
Fechner - G.
Paivio - A.
Janis - I.
18. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Allport - G.
Guilford - J.
Fechner - G.
Eysenck - H.
19. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Klein - M.
Jung - C.
Watson - J.
20. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Lewin - K.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Luchins - A.
Skinner - B.F.
21. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Janis - I.
Freud - S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Witkin - H.
22. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Bem - D.
Horney - K.
Luria - A.
Kernberg - O.
23. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Watson - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sperling - G.
24. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Guilford - J.
Sternberg - R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
McGuire - W.
25. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Watson - J.
Penfield - W.
Luchins - A.
Eagly - A.
26. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
James - W. and Lange - C.
Rotter - J.
Wernicke - C.
Bekesy -G.
27. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Helmholtz - H.
Wernicke - C.
Sheldon - W.
Bandura - A.
28. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Skinner - B.F.
Bem - D.
Kohler - W.
Bem - S.
29. 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.
Thurstone - L.
Stevens - S. S.
von Frisch - K.
30. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Spearman - C.
Bem - S.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Klein - M.
31. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Hering - E.
Adler - A.
Swets - John A.
32. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Sheldon - W.
Skinner - B.F.
Pavlov - I.
33. 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
Rogers - C.
Bem - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Gardner - H.
34. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Kohler - W.
Kohler - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
35. 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.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Sternberg - R.
Jung - C.
36. Developed sociobiology
Kandel - E.
Wilson - E. O.
Adler - A.
Skinner - B.F.
37. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Kohler - W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sherif - M.
38. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Mahler - M.
Kandel - E.
Horney - K.
39. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Premack - D.
Bekesy -G.
Cannon - W.
40. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Rescorla - R.
Thurstone - L.
41. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Cattell - R.
Fechner - G.
Festinger - L.
42. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Luchins - A.
Hering - E.
Pavlov - I.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
43. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Asch - S.
Miller - G.
Zimbardo - P.
Milner - B.
44. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Milner - B.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Bartlett - F.
45. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Kernberg - O.
Whorf - B.
von Frisch - K.
Festinger - L.
46. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Newcomb - T.
Garcia - J.
47. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Zajonc. R.
Premack - D.
Milner - B.
Loftus - E.
48. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Garcia - J.
Bem - S.
49. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Asch - S.
Fechner - G.
Adler - A.
Sheldon - W.
50. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Newcomb - T.
Klein - M.
Kernberg - O.
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