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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Thurstone - L.
von Frisch - K.
Helmholtz - H.
2. Developed sociobiology
Kohler - W.
McClelland - D.
Wilson - E. O.
Watson - J.
3. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Sheldon - W.
Witkin - H.
Kohler - W.
Skinner - B.F.
4. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
McGuire - W.
Wernicke - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
5. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Helmholtz - H.
Bem - D.
Skinner - B.F.
6. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Lerner - M.
Eagly - A.
Kandel - E.
7. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Erikson - E.
Schachter - S.
Gardner - H.
Horney - K.
8. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Kandel - E.
Festinger - L.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Zimbardo - P.
9. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Tinbergen - N.
Milgram - S.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Mahler - M.
10. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Allport - G.
Wernicke - C.
Mischel - W.
Eysenck - H.
11. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Kandel - E.
Rotter - J.
Allport - G.
Berkeley - G.
12. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Newcomb - T.
Pavlov - I.
Horney - K.
Eagly - A.
13. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Gibson - J.
Broca - P.
Cattell - R.
Bandura - A.
14. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Kandel - E.
Whorf - B.
Luchins - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
15. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Stevens - S. S.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Newcomb - T.
Wernicke - C.
16. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Wolpe - J.
Newcomb - T.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Miller - G.
17. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Wilson - E. O.
Eagly - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
18. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Festinger - L.
McClelland - D.
Premack - D.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
19. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Bem - S.
Thurstone - L.
Erikson - E.
20. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Whorf - B.
Loftus - E.
Bartlett - F.
Mahler - M.
21. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Stevens - S. S.
Milner - B.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
22. 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.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Witkin - H.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
23. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Kohler - W.
Gibson - J.
Penfield - W.
24. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Wilson - E. O.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
McGuire - W.
Jung - C.
25. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Thurstone - L.
Wernicke - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
26. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
James - W. and Lange - C.
Gardner - H.
Bem - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
27. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Garcia - J.
Skinner - B.F.
von Frisch - K.
Cannon - W.
28. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Chomsky - N.
Hering - E.
Miller - G.
Witkin - H.
29. 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.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Broadbent - D.
Swets - John A.
Thorndike - E.
30. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Bem - D.
Thurstone - L.
Skinner - B.F.
Paivio - A.
31. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Whorf - B.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Gibson - J.
32. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Rescorla - R.
33. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Kohler - W.
Guilford - J.
Bartlett - F.
34. 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
Wolpe - J.
Gardner - H.
Sherrington - C.
Witkin - H.
35. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Freud - A.
Mischel - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Erikson - E.
36. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Sternberg - R.
Watson - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
37. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Mischel - W.
Bekesy -G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Rogers - C.
38. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Chomsky - N.
Lerner - M.
Bem - S.
Watson - J.
39. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Wolpe - J.
Spearman - C.
Sternberg - R.
40. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Darwin - C.
Janis - I.
Thorndike - E.
Bekesy -G.
41. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Broadbent - D.
Darwin - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
42. 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.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Luchins - A.
Loftus - E.
Jung - C.
43. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Erikson - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Winnicott - D.W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
44. Developed theory of isomorphism
Erikson - E.
Paivio - A.
Mahler - M.
Kohler - W.
45. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Kernberg - O.
Heider - F.
Bandura - A.
Wilson - E. O.
46. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Kernberg - O.
Sperling - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Chomsky - N.
47. Object-relations theorist
Milner - B.
Klein - M.
Kernberg - O.
Sheldon - W.
48. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Maslow - A.
Thorndike - E.
Skinner - B.F.
von Frisch - K.
49. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
James - W. and Lange - C.
Maslow - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Eagly - A.
50. 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.
Gibson - J.
Erikson - E.
Maslow - A.