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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Watson - J.
Bandura - A.
2. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Maslow - A.
Miller - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
3. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Thurstone - L.
Bem - S.
Kandel - E.
4. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Zajonc. R.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
5. 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.
Stevens - S. S.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
McClelland - D.
6. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Skinner - B.F.
Helmholtz - H.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Wolpe - J.
7. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Lorenz - K.
Eysenck - H.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Fechner - G.
8. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Swets - John A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Heider - F.
Rogers - C.
9. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Bartlett - F.
Lorenz - K.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
McClelland - D.
10. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Zajonc. R.
Klein - M.
Broca - P.
11. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
Hovland - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Freud - A.
12. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Eagly - A.
Luchins - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Ebbinghaus - H.
13. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Guilford - J.
Pavlov - I.
Kernberg - O.
McGuire - W.
14. 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.
Bem - D.
Jung - C.
Rogers - C.
Rotter - J.
15. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Premack - D.
Sternberg - R.
Spearman - C.
16. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Adler - A.
Sperling - G.
17. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Mischel - W.
Erikson - E.
Skinner - B.F.
18. Studied insights in problem solving
Hering - E.
Schachter - S.
Kohler - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
19. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Gardner - H.
Adler - A.
Kelly - G.
20. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Skinner - B.F.
Sheldon - W.
Maslow - A.
21. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Fechner - G.
Kohler - W.
Gibson - J.
22. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Miller - G.
Berkeley - G.
23. Developed sociobiology
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Thorndike - E.
Wilson - E. O.
Hering - E.
24. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Luchins - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Freud - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
25. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Broadbent - D.
Stevens - S. S.
Kelly - G.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
26. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Thurstone - L.
Darwin - C.
Swets - John A.
Luchins - A.
27. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Rotter - J.
Penfield - W.
Mahler - M.
Garcia - J.
28. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Witkin - H.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Broadbent - D.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
29. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Eagly - A.
Darwin - C.
Sherrington - C.
30. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Wernicke - C.
McGuire - W.
Milgram - S.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
31. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
McGuire - W.
Sperling - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Premack - D.
32. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Sternberg - R.
Heider - F.
Mahler - M.
33. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Swets - John A.
Heider - F.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
34. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Jung - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
35. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Asch - S.
Kohler - W.
Zimbardo - P.
36. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Eagly - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Eysenck - H.
Cannon - W.
37. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Broca - P.
Jung - C.
Stevens - S. S.
Tinbergen - N.
38. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Luria - A.
Bandura - A.
Whorf - B.
Janis - I.
39. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Sternberg - R.
Mahler - M.
Asch - S.
Garcia - J.
40. Proposed gate theory of pain
Sheldon - W.
Helmholtz - H.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Skinner - B.F.
41. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - S.
Whorf - B.
Zimbardo - P.
Bem - D.
42. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thorndike - E.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Cattell - R.
Thurstone - L.
43. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Kohler - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
McGuire - W.
von Frisch - K.
44. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Garcia - J.
Berkeley - G.
Rotter - J.
45. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Freud - S.
Sherrington - C.
Cattell - R.
Hovland - C.
46. 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
Ebbinghaus - H.
Hall - E.
Newcomb - T.
Gardner - H.
47. Proposed filter theory of attention
Bem - D.
Miller - G.
Broadbent - D.
Gibson - J.
48. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Thurstone - L.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Cannon - W.
Garcia - J.
49. Developed theory of isomorphism
Festinger - L.
Kohler - W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Swets - John A.
50. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Klein - M.
Schachter - S.
Premack - D.