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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Watson - J.
Bandura - A.
Tinbergen - N.
Milgram - S.
2. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Penfield - W.
Premack - D.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
3. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Wolpe - J.
Swets - John A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Fechner - G.
4. Studied political norms
Heider - F.
Newcomb - T.
McClelland - D.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
5. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Premack - D.
Kohler - W.
McGuire - W.
Skinner - B.F.
6. 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
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Berkeley - G.
Gardner - H.
Zimbardo - P.
7. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Sherif - M.
Zajonc. R.
Rotter - J.
8. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Cattell - R.
Bartlett - F.
Tinbergen - N.
Stevens - S. S.
9. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Fechner - G.
Kelly - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
10. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Cannon - W.
Hering - E.
Tinbergen - N.
11. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Cattell - R.
Schachter - S.
Sperling - G.
12. Founder of ego psychology
Sternberg - R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Tinbergen - N.
Freud - A.
13. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Kelly - G.
Maslow - A.
Thorndike - E.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
14. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
15. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Sherif - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
16. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Bandura - A.
Janis - I.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
17. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Kohler - W.
Paivio - A.
Hovland - C.
Penfield - W.
18. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Eagly - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Jung - C.
Adler - A.
19. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Lewin - K.
Broca - P.
Spearman - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
20. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Festinger - L.
Milner - B.
Helmholtz - H.
McClelland - D.
21. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Sternberg - R.
Eysenck - H.
Luchins - A.
22. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
James - W. and Lange - C.
Thurstone - L.
Eysenck - H.
Zimbardo - P.
23. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Paivio - A.
Mahler - M.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bem - S.
24. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Sherif - M.
Cannon - W.
Klein - M.
Witkin - H.
25. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Cattell - R.
Wolpe - J.
Spearman - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
26. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Thurstone - L.
Eysenck - H.
Maslow - A.
Newcomb - T.
27. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Broadbent - D.
Pavlov - I.
Kohler - W.
Cannon - W.
28. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Hering - E.
Ebbinghaus - H.
von Frisch - K.
29. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Rotter - J.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Bekesy -G.
Sperling - G.
30. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
Heider - F.
McClelland - D.
Cattell - R.
31. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Bartlett - F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
32. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Cattell - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Freud - S.
33. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Lerner - M.
Winnicott - D.W.
Kandel - E.
34. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Paivio - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
35. Object-relations theorist
Allport - G.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Winnicott - D.W.
36. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Gardner - H.
Gibson - J.
Janis - I.
Guilford - J.
37. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Cattell - R.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
38. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Spearman - C.
Hering - E.
Miller - G.
Broca - P.
39. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Adler - A.
Bartlett - F.
McGuire - W.
40. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Sperling - G.
Rogers - C.
Milner - B.
Broca - P.
41. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Darwin - C.
Bandura - A.
Schachter - S.
Wilson - E. O.
42. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Rotter - J.
Swets - John A.
Allport - G.
43. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Hall - E.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Asch - S.
44. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Miller - G.
Guilford - J.
Schachter - S.
Watson - J.
45. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Chomsky - N.
Cannon - W.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Newcomb - T.
46. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Jung - C.
McGuire - W.
Bandura - A.
Gibson - J.
47. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Pavlov - I.
Darwin - C.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
McClelland - D.
48. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Milner - B.
Rescorla - R.
Penfield - W.
49. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Cattell - R.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Allport - G.
Spearman - C.
50. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Tinbergen - N.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Janis - I.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.