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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Lerner - M.
Freud - A.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Janis - I.
2. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Lewin - K.
Penfield - W.
Broca - P.
Fechner - G.
3. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Broca - P.
Chomsky - N.
4. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
James - W. and Lange - C.
Chomsky - N.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Cattell - R.
5. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Tinbergen - N.
Swets - John A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Fechner - G.
6. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Milner - B.
Sheldon - W.
Freud - S.
Darwin - C.
7. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Eysenck - H.
Gibson - J.
Schachter - S.
8. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Rogers - C.
Lerner - M.
Schachter - S.
9. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Freud - S.
Penfield - W.
Bandura - A.
Watson - J.
10. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Freud - A.
Sternberg - R.
Bandura - A.
Broca - P.
11. Object-relations theorist
James - W. and Lange - C.
Hall - E.
Klein - M.
von Frisch - K.
12. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kohler - W.
Cattell - R.
Cannon - W.
13. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Watson - J.
Bandura - A.
Lerner - M.
Freud - A.
14. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Zajonc. R.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Sherrington - C.
Janis - I.
15. 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.
Jung - C.
Miller - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Broca - P.
16. Proposed filter theory of attention
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Broadbent - D.
Sherrington - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
17. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Cattell - R.
Allport - G.
Helmholtz - H.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
18. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Wolpe - J.
Lorenz - K.
19. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Bekesy -G.
Jung - C.
Hall - E.
20. Object-relations theorist
Milner - B.
Mahler - M.
Tinbergen - N.
Broadbent - D.
21. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Bekesy -G.
Skinner - B.F.
Whorf - B.
Wernicke - C.
22. Proposed gate theory of pain
Gardner - H.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Bartlett - F.
Kohler - W.
23. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Lewin - K.
McClelland - D.
Witkin - H.
Rogers - C.
24. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Whorf - B.
von Frisch - K.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
25. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Kohler - W.
Rotter - J.
Wilson - E. O.
26. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Adler - A.
Heider - F.
Tinbergen - N.
27. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Broadbent - D.
Stevens - S. S.
Cattell - R.
Adler - A.
28. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bem - S.
Horney - K.
29. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Wolpe - J.
Bandura - A.
Cattell - R.
30. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
von Frisch - K.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Cattell - R.
Zajonc. R.
31. Studied attitude change
Bekesy -G.
Hovland - C.
Freud - S.
Cattell - R.
32. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Darwin - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sperling - G.
Lewin - K.
33. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Wilson - E. O.
Luchins - A.
Eysenck - H.
34. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Milner - B.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Kohler - W.
Eysenck - H.
35. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Bem - D.
Gibson - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
36. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Witkin - H.
Horney - K.
Bem - S.
37. 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.
Klein - M.
Thorndike - E.
Helmholtz - H.
38. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Bandura - A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
39. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Guilford - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Fechner - G.
Luchins - A.
40. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Schachter - S.
Stevens - S. S.
Bekesy -G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
41. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Rescorla - R.
42. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Chomsky - N.
Sherif - M.
Adler - A.
Cannon - W.
43. Critic of trait theories of personality
Kelly - G.
Pavlov - I.
Mischel - W.
Lorenz - K.
44. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Milgram - S.
Bem - S.
Tinbergen - N.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
45. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Bem - D.
Milner - B.
Adler - A.
Fechner - G.
46. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Wolpe - J.
Rescorla - R.
Milgram - S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
47. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Freud - S.
Darwin - C.
Newcomb - T.
Whorf - B.
48. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Jung - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Zajonc. R.
49. Studied insights in problem solving
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Rogers - C.
Kohler - W.
50. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Mischel - W.
Bandura - A.
Darwin - C.
Jung - C.