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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Broadbent - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Darwin - C.
Sternberg - R.
2. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Lewin - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Zajonc. R.
3. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Asch - S.
Luchins - A.
Miller - G.
Stevens - S. S.
4. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Cattell - R.
Wilson - E. O.
Miller - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
5. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Gibson - J.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kohler - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
6. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wilson - E. O.
James - W. and Lange - C.
McClelland - D.
7. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Bem - S.
Miller - G.
Kohler - W.
Rescorla - R.
8. Studied locus of control
Spearman - C.
Schachter - S.
Zimbardo - P.
Rotter - J.
9. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Lewin - K.
Tinbergen - N.
McGuire - W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
10. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Mahler - M.
Cattell - R.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
11. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Kandel - E.
Cattell - R.
Penfield - W.
Luria - A.
12. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Allport - G.
Watson - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Skinner - B.F.
13. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Luria - A.
Sternberg - R.
Wilson - E. O.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
14. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Zajonc. R.
Freud - S.
Lewin - K.
Watson - J.
15. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Erikson - E.
Kohler - W.
Luria - A.
16. Critic of trait theories of personality
Luchins - A.
Swets - John A.
Wilson - E. O.
Mischel - W.
17. Studied political norms
Skinner - B.F.
Sherif - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Newcomb - T.
18. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Hall - E.
Berkeley - G.
von Frisch - K.
19. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Wolpe - J.
Bem - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Darwin - C.
20. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Hall - E.
Mischel - W.
Eysenck - H.
Jung - C.
21. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Kohler - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Broadbent - D.
Bekesy -G.
22. 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
Zajonc. R.
McGuire - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Gibson - J.
23. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Sherif - M.
Berkeley - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
24. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Zajonc. R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
25. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
McClelland - D.
Chomsky - N.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Spearman - C.
26. 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.
Hall - E.
Sternberg - R.
Eagly - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
27. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Cannon - W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
28. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Sperling - G.
Gibson - J.
Sheldon - W.
Wilson - E. O.
29. Developed theory of isomorphism
Thorndike - E.
Kohler - W.
Tinbergen - N.
Lorenz - K.
30. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Rescorla - R.
Sheldon - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Cattell - R.
31. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
McGuire - W.
Cattell - R.
Witkin - H.
32. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Garcia - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bem - S.
Guilford - J.
33. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Lewin - K.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Mahler - M.
34. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
McGuire - W.
Pavlov - I.
35. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
McGuire - W.
Zimbardo - P.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
36. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Chomsky - N.
Festinger - L.
Berkeley - G.
Luria - A.
37. Studied insights in problem solving
Darwin - C.
Kohler - W.
Sherrington - C.
Wilson - E. O.
38. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Cattell - R.
Darwin - C.
Jung - C.
Maslow - A.
39. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Thurstone - L.
Lerner - M.
Milner - B.
40. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Bem - S.
Adler - A.
Thorndike - E.
41. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kernberg - O.
Gibson - J.
Heider - F.
42. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Hall - E.
Gardner - H.
Milgram - S.
Klein - M.
43. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Kohler - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Skinner - B.F.
44. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Klein - M.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Newcomb - T.
45. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Bekesy -G.
Garcia - J.
Hering - E.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
46. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Mischel - W.
Bekesy -G.
Witkin - H.
Sperling - G.
47. Object-relations theorist
Gibson - J.
Klein - M.
Heider - F.
McGuire - W.
48. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Jung - C.
Bem - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Whorf - B.
49. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
James - W. and Lange - C.
Freud - S.
Pavlov - I.
Fechner - G.
50. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Kernberg - O.
Swets - John A.
Maslow - A.
Darwin - C.