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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
2. Critic of trait theories of personality
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Cattell - R.
Sternberg - R.
Mischel - W.
3. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
Hovland - C.
Kernberg - O.
Broca - P.
4. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Broca - P.
Gibson - J.
Guilford - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
5. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Zimbardo - P.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Watson - J.
6. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Freud - S.
Cattell - R.
Sternberg - R.
7. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hall - E.
Hering - E.
Adler - A.
Cannon - W.
8. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Freud - S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Loftus - E.
Bandura - A.
9. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Bartlett - F.
Mischel - W.
Schachter - S.
Berkeley - G.
10. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Bandura - A.
Eysenck - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
11. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Witkin - H.
Gardner - H.
Kandel - E.
12. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Broadbent - D.
Maslow - A.
Rotter - J.
Heider - F.
13. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Berkeley - G.
Watson - J.
Eysenck - H.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
14. Studied observational learning
Sherrington - C.
Whorf - B.
Bandura - A.
Horney - K.
15. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Janis - I.
Kelly - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sherrington - C.
16. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lorenz - K.
Lerner - M.
McClelland - D.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
17. Studied political norms
Pavlov - I.
Newcomb - T.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
18. Proposed gate theory of pain
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Cannon - W.
Bandura - A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
19. Object-relations theorist
Hovland - C.
Winnicott - D.W.
Kelly - G.
Mischel - W.
20. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Mischel - W.
Eysenck - H.
Hovland - C.
21. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Helmholtz - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
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
Bartlett - F.
Bandura - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Cattell - R.
23. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Freud - S.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Swets - John A.
24. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Darwin - C.
Cannon - W.
Sherrington - C.
Schachter - S.
25. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Gardner - H.
Schachter - S.
Heider - F.
Watson - J.
26. Studied insights in problem solving
Luchins - A.
Kohler - W.
Sherrington - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
27. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Hall - E.
Cannon - W.
Bekesy -G.
Milner - B.
28. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Helmholtz - H.
Wernicke - C.
Milgram - S.
Spearman - C.
29. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Spearman - C.
von Frisch - K.
Guilford - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
30. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Freud - S.
Hovland - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
31. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Sherif - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Rescorla - R.
32. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Guilford - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Allport - G.
Witkin - H.
33. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Luchins - A.
Lerner - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
34. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Heider - F.
Lorenz - K.
Miller - G.
Milgram - S.
35. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Thorndike - E.
McClelland - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
36. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Eysenck - H.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Witkin - H.
37. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
McClelland - D.
Rogers - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
38. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Freud - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Stevens - S. S.
39. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Schachter - S.
Eagly - A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
40. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Freud - S.
Bandura - A.
Broca - P.
41. Developed theory of isomorphism
Miller - G.
Kohler - W.
Tinbergen - N.
Lewin - K.
42. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Paivio - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Watson - J.
Skinner - B.F.
43. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Bartlett - F.
Loftus - E.
Sperling - G.
44. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Kernberg - O.
Bem - S.
Milgram - S.
Festinger - L.
45. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
McGuire - W.
Chomsky - N.
Kohler - W.
46. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Schachter - S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Luria - A.
Heider - F.
47. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Bandura - A.
Schachter - S.
Wilson - E. O.
48. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Hall - E.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Thurstone - L.
Premack - D.
49. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Kelly - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Zajonc. R.
Paivio - A.
50. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Sherrington - C.
Eagly - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.