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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Maslow - A.
Cannon - W.
Bem - D.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
2. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Lerner - M.
Watson - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
3. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Maslow - A.
Lerner - M.
Milgram - S.
4. Founder of ego psychology
Cannon - W.
Garcia - J.
Freud - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
5. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Cannon - W.
Kandel - E.
Loftus - E.
Bandura - A.
6. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Hall - E.
Milgram - S.
Berkeley - G.
Swets - John A.
7. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Witkin - H.
Rogers - C.
Sheldon - W.
8. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Skinner - B.F.
Rotter - J.
Mischel - W.
Maslow - A.
9. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Lerner - M.
Hering - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
10. Studied locus of control
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Thurstone - L.
Rotter - J.
Sternberg - R.
11. Object-relations theorist
Freud - S.
Spearman - C.
Winnicott - D.W.
Berkeley - G.
12. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Helmholtz - H.
Zajonc. R.
Fechner - G.
James - W. and Lange - C.
13. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Lorenz - K.
Erikson - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
14. Studied political norms
Darwin - C.
Newcomb - T.
Lerner - M.
Cattell - R.
15. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Eagly - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kohler - W.
16. 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.
Tinbergen - N.
Kohler - W.
Hering - E.
17. 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.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Schachter - S.
Sperling - G.
18. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Bartlett - F.
Erikson - E.
Bandura - A.
Penfield - W.
19. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Thorndike - E.
Skinner - B.F.
Premack - D.
Cannon - W.
20. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Kohler - W.
Bem - S.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
21. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Gibson - J.
Wolpe - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
22. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Lerner - M.
Sherif - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Fechner - G.
23. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kandel - E.
Kohler - W.
Wolpe - J.
Festinger - L.
24. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Wernicke - C.
Sherif - M.
Bandura - A.
Mischel - W.
25. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Asch - S.
Luchins - A.
Fechner - G.
Stevens - S. S.
26. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Hovland - C.
Allport - G.
Premack - D.
Kohler - W.
27. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Horney - K.
Witkin - H.
Thurstone - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
28. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Sperling - G.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Witkin - H.
Lorenz - K.
29. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Schachter - S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Janis - I.
30. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
Berkeley - G.
Rotter - J.
Sherrington - C.
31. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Wolpe - J.
Klein - M.
Penfield - W.
Bekesy -G.
32. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Maslow - A.
Janis - I.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Eysenck - H.
33. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Sperling - G.
Sherif - M.
Eagly - A.
34. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wilson - E. O.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Loftus - E.
35. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Freud - S.
Chomsky - N.
Eagly - A.
36. Studied observational learning
Swets - John A.
Milner - B.
Bandura - A.
Lorenz - K.
37. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Adler - A.
McClelland - D.
Cannon - W.
Heider - F.
38. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Fechner - G.
Kelly - G.
Lorenz - K.
Maslow - A.
39. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Wernicke - C.
Sternberg - R.
Skinner - B.F.
40. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Watson - J.
Miller - G.
Lorenz - K.
McGuire - W.
41. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Rescorla - R.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Newcomb - T.
42. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Janis - I.
Asch - S.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wernicke - C.
43. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Milgram - S.
Sternberg - R.
Rogers - C.
44. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
von Frisch - K.
Lorenz - K.
Swets - John A.
Broca - P.
45. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Kohler - W.
Kernberg - O.
Sperling - G.
46. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Eagly - A.
Hall - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
47. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Penfield - W.
Tinbergen - N.
Fechner - G.
48. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Bekesy -G.
Mahler - M.
McClelland - D.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
49. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Bem - S.
Berkeley - G.
Kohler - W.
Luria - A.
50. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Witkin - H.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.