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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Hall - E.
Spearman - C.
McClelland - D.
Rescorla - R.
2. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Lewin - K.
Helmholtz - H.
Broadbent - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
3. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Eagly - A.
Miller - G.
4. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Milner - B.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Luria - A.
Stevens - S. S.
5. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Cattell - R.
Wilson - E. O.
Spearman - C.
Horney - K.
6. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Schachter - S.
Allport - G.
Lorenz - K.
Asch - S.
7. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Paivio - A.
Wolpe - J.
Witkin - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
8. Object-relations theorist
Watson - J.
Mahler - M.
Thurstone - L.
Eysenck - H.
9. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Allport - G.
Gardner - H.
Rogers - C.
Maslow - A.
10. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Kelly - G.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Berkeley - G.
Newcomb - T.
11. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Gibson - J.
Festinger - L.
Hovland - C.
12. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Hovland - C.
Loftus - E.
Bartlett - F.
Wernicke - C.
13. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Bandura - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Asch - S.
14. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Horney - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kandel - E.
Bartlett - F.
15. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
16. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Helmholtz - H.
Rotter - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Fechner - G.
17. Proposed filter theory of attention
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Broadbent - D.
Festinger - L.
18. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Festinger - L.
Rogers - C.
Hall - E.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
19. 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.
Rescorla - R.
Maslow - A.
Jung - C.
Loftus - E.
20. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Freud - S.
Sternberg - R.
21. Object-relations theorist
Kandel - E.
Skinner - B.F.
Klein - M.
Berkeley - G.
22. Developed sociobiology
Asch - S.
Rescorla - R.
Kohler - W.
Wilson - E. O.
23. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Zajonc. R.
Bekesy -G.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
24. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Newcomb - T.
Cattell - R.
Cannon - W.
25. Studied insights in problem solving
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Thurstone - L.
Bem - D.
Kohler - W.
26. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
Bandura - A.
Gibson - J.
Loftus - E.
27. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kohler - W.
Whorf - B.
Sperling - G.
28. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Thorndike - E.
Lewin - K.
Spearman - C.
McClelland - D.
29. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Zimbardo - P.
Pavlov - I.
Bekesy -G.
30. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Cannon - W.
Jung - C.
Mischel - W.
Thurstone - L.
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
Skinner - B.F.
Gardner - H.
Maslow - A.
Wilson - E. O.
32. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Thurstone - L.
Sheldon - W.
33. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Bartlett - F.
Gardner - H.
Sherif - M.
34. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Wolpe - J.
Jung - C.
von Frisch - K.
35. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Cattell - R.
Lerner - M.
Swets - John A.
Rescorla - R.
36. Studied attitude change
Whorf - B.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Hovland - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
37. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Bem - S.
Swets - John A.
38. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Freud - S.
Rotter - J.
Guilford - J.
Janis - I.
39. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Skinner - B.F.
McClelland - D.
McGuire - W.
40. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Sheldon - W.
Hovland - C.
Luchins - A.
41. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Wernicke - C.
Asch - S.
Sheldon - W.
Rogers - C.
42. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sherrington - C.
Witkin - H.
Broca - P.
43. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Rotter - J.
Swets - John A.
Schachter - S.
Berkeley - G.
44. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Luria - A.
Wernicke - C.
Bandura - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
45. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kernberg - O.
Broca - P.
Heider - F.
46. 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.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wernicke - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Miller - G.
47. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Gibson - J.
Allport - G.
Milgram - S.
Chomsky - N.
48. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Luchins - A.
Eysenck - H.
Rescorla - R.
Kohler - W.
49. 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.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Gibson - J.
Helmholtz - H.
50. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Cattell - R.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Horney - K.