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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Asch - S.
Eagly - A.
Eysenck - H.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
2. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Kernberg - O.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Allport - G.
Cattell - R.
3. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Bartlett - F.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
4. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Kohler - W.
Watson - J.
Penfield - W.
Lorenz - K.
5. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Bartlett - F.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Loftus - E.
6. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Kohler - W.
Gardner - H.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
7. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Tinbergen - N.
Festinger - L.
Chomsky - N.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
8. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Gibson - J.
Luria - A.
Rogers - C.
9. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Kelly - G.
Rotter - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Broca - P.
10. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Paivio - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kernberg - O.
Luria - A.
11. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Milner - B.
Loftus - E.
Wolpe - J.
12. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Skinner - B.F.
Cattell - R.
Milner - B.
Tinbergen - N.
13. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Premack - D.
Horney - K.
Sherrington - C.
Luria - A.
14. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Watson - J.
Kohler - W.
15. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Wolpe - J.
Eagly - A.
Helmholtz - H.
16. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Newcomb - T.
Sperling - G.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
17. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Winnicott - D.W.
18. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Klein - M.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bandura - A.
Fechner - G.
19. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Stevens - S. S.
Heider - F.
Sherif - M.
Rogers - C.
20. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
McGuire - W.
Kohler - W.
Bem - D.
21. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Luria - A.
Mischel - W.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
McGuire - W.
22. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Erikson - E.
Bekesy -G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
23. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
McClelland - D.
Jung - C.
von Frisch - K.
24. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Bartlett - F.
Freud - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
25. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Erikson - E.
Luria - A.
Fechner - G.
26. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Bandura - A.
Adler - A.
Cattell - R.
Milner - B.
27. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Darwin - C.
Hering - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Berkeley - G.
28. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Horney - K.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Mahler - M.
29. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Hovland - C.
Premack - D.
Kernberg - O.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
30. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Lerner - M.
Swets - John A.
Lewin - K.
31. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Lorenz - K.
Milner - B.
Hall - E.
Kernberg - O.
32. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Winnicott - D.W.
Allport - G.
Schachter - S.
33. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Rogers - C.
Thorndike - E.
Garcia - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
34. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Chomsky - N.
Premack - D.
Newcomb - T.
35. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Thorndike - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Garcia - J.
Miller - G.
36. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
McGuire - W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Stevens - S. S.
37. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Chomsky - N.
Adler - A.
Hall - E.
Janis - I.
38. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Allport - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Paivio - A.
Wolpe - J.
39. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Milgram - S.
Garcia - J.
40. Object-relations theorist
Festinger - L.
Mahler - M.
Premack - D.
Kelly - G.
41. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Gardner - H.
Stevens - S. S.
Paivio - A.
42. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Allport - G.
Adler - A.
Maslow - A.
Thorndike - E.
43. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Stevens - S. S.
Darwin - C.
Loftus - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
44. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Winnicott - D.W.
Maslow - A.
Kernberg - O.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
45. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Thurstone - L.
Broca - P.
46. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sternberg - R.
Adler - A.
Kelly - G.
47. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Sperling - G.
Garcia - J.
Swets - John A.
48. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Garcia - J.
Janis - I.
Cannon - W.
49. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Tinbergen - N.
Freud - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
50. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Zajonc. R.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Cattell - R.
Kelly - G.