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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Zajonc. R.
Bem - S.
Janis - I.
2. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Luria - A.
Garcia - J.
Sherif - M.
3. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Wilson - E. O.
Premack - D.
Darwin - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
4. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Garcia - J.
Swets - John A.
Fechner - G.
Freud - S.
5. Critic of trait theories of personality
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Chomsky - N.
Kandel - E.
Mischel - W.
6. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Wolpe - J.
Helmholtz - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Tinbergen - N.
7. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Berkeley - G.
Pavlov - I.
Milner - B.
8. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Milgram - S.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Kohler - W.
9. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Bekesy -G.
Thurstone - L.
Penfield - W.
Spearman - C.
10. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Cannon - W.
Bem - D.
11. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Jung - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sherif - M.
12. 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.
Wilson - E. O.
Bem - D.
Spearman - C.
13. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Broca - P.
Tinbergen - N.
14. Studied political norms
Hering - E.
Newcomb - T.
Fechner - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
15. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
Sheldon - W.
Janis - I.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
16. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Watson - J.
Fechner - G.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Adler - A.
17. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Sperling - G.
Sherif - M.
McClelland - D.
18. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
von Frisch - K.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Mischel - W.
Hering - E.
19. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Paivio - A.
Newcomb - T.
Cattell - R.
Lorenz - K.
20. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Lerner - M.
Zimbardo - P.
Swets - John A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
21. Proposed filter theory of attention
Stevens - S. S.
Bekesy -G.
Sherif - M.
Broadbent - D.
22. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Kernberg - O.
Whorf - B.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Adler - A.
23. Studied observational learning
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Bandura - A.
Skinner - B.F.
24. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Spearman - C.
Sternberg - R.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
25. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Maslow - A.
Mahler - M.
26. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Maslow - A.
Rogers - C.
Loftus - E.
27. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Lerner - M.
Stevens - S. S.
Asch - S.
28. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Premack - D.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Lerner - M.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
29. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Sheldon - W.
Cannon - W.
Loftus - E.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
30. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
McGuire - W.
Thurstone - L.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Darwin - C.
31. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Luchins - A.
Schachter - S.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
32. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Kohler - W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Tinbergen - N.
Bandura - A.
33. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Festinger - L.
Freud - A.
Hering - E.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
34. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Sheldon - W.
Horney - K.
Spearman - C.
Asch - S.
35. Object-relations theorist
Darwin - C.
Winnicott - D.W.
Eysenck - H.
Lerner - M.
36. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Chomsky - N.
Horney - K.
37. 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.
Asch - S.
Jung - C.
Kelly - G.
Kandel - E.
38. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Gardner - H.
Asch - S.
Zimbardo - P.
Sherrington - C.
39. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Sherrington - C.
Janis - I.
Darwin - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
40. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Mischel - W.
Schachter - S.
41. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
von Frisch - K.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Kohler - W.
Eysenck - H.
42. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Bem - S.
Freud - S.
43. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sternberg - R.
Cattell - R.
Gibson - J.
44. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Hall - E.
Helmholtz - H.
Chomsky - N.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
45. Studied attitude change
Watson - J.
Hovland - C.
Bandura - A.
Skinner - B.F.
46. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Rotter - J.
Klein - M.
47. Studied insights in problem solving
Broca - P.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Kohler - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
48. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Cannon - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Sherif - M.
Cattell - R.
49. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Eagly - A.
Broca - P.
50. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Miller - G.
Hering - E.
Sternberg - R.
Bekesy -G.