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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. 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
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Gardner - H.
Bandura - A.
2. 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.
Gardner - H.
Rogers - C.
Jung - C.
Newcomb - T.
3. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Thorndike - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Pavlov - I.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
4. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Luria - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Adler - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
5. Object-relations theorist
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Guilford - J.
Eagly - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
6. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Milgram - S.
Cannon - W.
McClelland - D.
7. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Lewin - K.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Swets - John A.
Milner - B.
8. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Skinner - B.F.
Rogers - C.
Paivio - A.
9. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Schachter - S.
Cattell - R.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
McGuire - W.
10. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Horney - K.
Lewin - K.
Bartlett - F.
11. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Skinner - B.F.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Freud - S.
12. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Lerner - M.
Asch - S.
Hering - E.
Bandura - A.
13. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Adler - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sternberg - R.
Sherrington - C.
14. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
von Frisch - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Stevens - S. S.
15. Developed theory of isomorphism
Winnicott - D.W.
Lewin - K.
Bekesy -G.
Kohler - W.
16. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
McClelland - D.
Klein - M.
Swets - John A.
17. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Sperling - G.
Adler - A.
Stevens - S. S.
18. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Paivio - A.
Asch - S.
Luria - A.
19. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Thorndike - E.
Milgram - S.
20. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Bartlett - F.
Paivio - A.
Luria - A.
Gardner - H.
21. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Guilford - J.
Premack - D.
Sherrington - C.
22. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Berkeley - G.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Whorf - B.
Rotter - J.
23. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Luria - A.
Klein - M.
Stevens - S. S.
Eysenck - H.
24. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Sherrington - C.
Eysenck - H.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
25. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Paivio - A.
Jung - C.
Bem - S.
Janis - I.
26. Studied observational learning
Milgram - S.
Cattell - R.
Premack - D.
Bandura - A.
27. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Rotter - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Winnicott - D.W.
Kohler - W.
28. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bem - S.
Horney - K.
Bandura - A.
Wilson - E. O.
29. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Eysenck - H.
Tinbergen - N.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
30. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Broca - P.
Eagly - A.
31. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
McGuire - W.
Lerner - M.
Bem - D.
32. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Cannon - W.
Kohler - W.
Lorenz - K.
Berkeley - G.
33. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Allport - G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Gardner - H.
Kohler - W.
34. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Watson - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sperling - G.
35. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Spearman - C.
Wernicke - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
36. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Lorenz - K.
von Frisch - K.
Sherrington - C.
Asch - S.
37. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Allport - G.
Pavlov - I.
Gardner - H.
Thurstone - L.
38. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Hovland - C.
39. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Eysenck - H.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Heider - F.
Gibson - J.
40. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
McGuire - W.
Thorndike - E.
Festinger - L.
41. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Zajonc. R.
Loftus - E.
Cattell - R.
42. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Ebbinghaus - H.
Helmholtz - H.
Sherif - M.
Garcia - J.
43. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Lorenz - K.
McGuire - W.
Premack - D.
Sherif - M.
44. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Whorf - B.
Erikson - E.
von Frisch - K.
45. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Sherrington - C.
Penfield - W.
Garcia - J.
McClelland - D.
46. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Klein - M.
Garcia - J.
Watson - J.
Maslow - A.
47. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
McGuire - W.
Maslow - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
48. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Schachter - S.
Lerner - M.
Sherif - M.
49. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Asch - S.
Allport - G.
Mischel - W.
Darwin - C.
50. Critic of trait theories of personality
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Mischel - W.
Adler - A.
Schachter - S.