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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Chomsky - N.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Luchins - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
2. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Bartlett - F.
Sherrington - C.
Hall - E.
3. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Kandel - E.
Heider - F.
Tinbergen - N.
Miller - G.
4. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Luria - A.
Spearman - C.
Cannon - W.
McClelland - D.
5. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Tinbergen - N.
Swets - John A.
Cattell - R.
6. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Luria - A.
Schachter - S.
Kelly - G.
Hering - E.
7. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Wernicke - C.
Swets - John A.
Sherif - M.
Rotter - J.
8. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
9. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Cannon - W.
Freud - S.
Lerner - M.
Milner - B.
10. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Whorf - B.
Lorenz - K.
Loftus - E.
11. Founder of ego psychology
Cannon - W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Freud - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
12. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Hering - E.
Schachter - S.
13. 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
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Zajonc. R.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
14. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Chomsky - N.
Helmholtz - H.
Sternberg - R.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
15. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Gibson - J.
Janis - I.
Eagly - A.
Sherrington - C.
16. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Freud - S.
Gibson - J.
Miller - G.
Bandura - A.
17. Studied observational learning
Wilson - E. O.
Freud - S.
Bandura - A.
Spearman - C.
18. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Bandura - A.
McGuire - W.
Spearman - C.
19. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Mahler - M.
Lewin - K.
20. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hering - E.
Loftus - E.
Hall - E.
Tinbergen - N.
21. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Hall - E.
Darwin - C.
Wolpe - J.
Fechner - G.
22. 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.
Mahler - M.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Chomsky - N.
Thurstone - L.
23. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Fechner - G.
Broca - P.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Maslow - A.
24. Studied political norms
Whorf - B.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Newcomb - T.
Sherif - M.
25. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Fechner - G.
Sperling - G.
Ebbinghaus - H.
26. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Eagly - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
McGuire - W.
27. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Luria - A.
Milgram - S.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
28. Studied attitude change
McClelland - D.
Winnicott - D.W.
Berkeley - G.
Hovland - C.
29. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Whorf - B.
30. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Lorenz - K.
Hering - E.
Kohler - W.
31. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Sternberg - R.
Kohler - W.
Loftus - E.
32. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Berkeley - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Thurstone - L.
33. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Sherrington - C.
Sherif - M.
Zajonc. R.
Festinger - L.
34. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Wolpe - J.
Wilson - E. O.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
35. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Helmholtz - H.
Sheldon - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
36. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Premack - D.
von Frisch - K.
Paivio - A.
37. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Cannon - W.
Lewin - K.
Bandura - A.
Guilford - J.
38. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Hovland - C.
McGuire - W.
Luchins - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
39. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Lorenz - K.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Pavlov - I.
40. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Guilford - J.
Darwin - C.
Gibson - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
41. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Stevens - S. S.
Luria - A.
Bandura - A.
Kohler - W.
42. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Bekesy -G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Swets - John A.
Bandura - A.
43. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Bem - S.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Erikson - E.
44. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Kelly - G.
Kandel - E.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Thurstone - L.
45. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Broadbent - D.
Watson - J.
Cattell - R.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
46. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Garcia - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Maslow - A.
47. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Skinner - B.F.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
48. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Helmholtz - H.
Cattell - R.
Cattell - R.
49. 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
Gardner - H.
Hovland - C.
Bandura - A.
Sperling - G.
50. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Klein - M.
Freud - S.
Milner - B.
Rescorla - R.