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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Witkin - H.
Schachter - S.
Erikson - E.
2. Studied attitude change
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Janis - I.
Hovland - C.
Schachter - S.
3. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Schachter - S.
Whorf - B.
Gibson - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
4. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Zimbardo - P.
Cannon - W.
Lewin - K.
Luria - A.
5. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Cattell - R.
Bem - D.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
6. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Schachter - S.
Skinner - B.F.
Bartlett - F.
Guilford - J.
7. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Lerner - M.
Allport - G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Luria - A.
8. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Skinner - B.F.
Thorndike - E.
Broca - P.
Sherrington - C.
9. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
McClelland - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Bekesy -G.
10. Studied observational learning
Broca - P.
Broadbent - D.
Winnicott - D.W.
Bandura - A.
11. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Mahler - M.
Horney - K.
Miller - G.
Premack - D.
12. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Thurstone - L.
Zimbardo - P.
Sperling - G.
Rotter - J.
13. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Watson - J.
Broadbent - D.
Zajonc. R.
Paivio - A.
14. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Winnicott - D.W.
Luria - A.
Freud - S.
Thorndike - E.
15. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Freud - A.
Janis - I.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Whorf - B.
16. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Milgram - S.
Rogers - C.
Paivio - A.
17. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Miller - G.
Rescorla - R.
18. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Bandura - A.
Horney - K.
Winnicott - D.W.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
19. 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
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Freud - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
Zajonc. R.
20. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Broca - P.
Bandura - A.
Skinner - B.F.
21. Critic of trait theories of personality
Spearman - C.
Cattell - R.
Bem - D.
Mischel - W.
22. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Rescorla - R.
Bartlett - F.
Freud - S.
Rotter - J.
23. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Asch - S.
Pavlov - I.
24. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Luria - A.
McGuire - W.
Gibson - J.
Newcomb - T.
25. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Luchins - A.
Miller - G.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
26. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Kelly - G.
Watson - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sternberg - R.
27. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Cattell - R.
Guilford - J.
Lorenz - K.
28. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Gardner - H.
Lorenz - K.
Thurstone - L.
Loftus - E.
29. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Stevens - S. S.
Bem - D.
Cannon - W.
Chomsky - N.
30. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Adler - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
31. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Cattell - R.
Allport - G.
Berkeley - G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
32. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
33. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
McGuire - W.
Swets - John A.
Klein - M.
34. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Watson - J.
Luria - A.
Sherrington - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
35. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Witkin - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
Maslow - A.
Kohler - W.
36. Proposed gate theory of pain
James - W. and Lange - C.
Mischel - W.
Sherrington - C.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
37. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Bem - S.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
38. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Asch - S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Freud - A.
39. Object-relations theorist
Broadbent - D.
Spearman - C.
Thurstone - L.
Winnicott - D.W.
40. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Lorenz - K.
Lerner - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Luchins - A.
41. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Garcia - J.
Thurstone - L.
Bekesy -G.
42. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Bandura - A.
Miller - G.
Hovland - C.
43. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Cattell - R.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Hall - E.
44. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Broca - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
45. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Maslow - A.
Bem - D.
Luchins - A.
46. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Berkeley - G.
Pavlov - I.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Sherif - M.
47. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Bem - S.
Eysenck - H.
McGuire - W.
Darwin - C.
48. 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.
Thorndike - E.
Darwin - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Jung - C.
49. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Gardner - H.
Skinner - B.F.
McClelland - D.
Garcia - J.
50. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Wernicke - C.
Darwin - C.
Mahler - M.
Festinger - L.