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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied attitude change
Garcia - J.
Stevens - S. S.
Hovland - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
2. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Freud - S.
Winnicott - D.W.
3. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Zajonc. R.
Sperling - G.
Paivio - A.
4. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Lewin - K.
Heider - F.
Loftus - E.
Miller - G.
5. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Lorenz - K.
Schachter - S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Freud - S.
6. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Gibson - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Watson - J.
Sheldon - W.
7. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Garcia - J.
McClelland - D.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Premack - D.
8. Proposed gate theory of pain
Hall - E.
Thorndike - E.
Gibson - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
9. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Schachter - S.
Luria - A.
Sternberg - R.
Erikson - E.
10. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Sperling - G.
Witkin - H.
Rotter - J.
11. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Janis - I.
Milgram - S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
12. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Kandel - E.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Horney - K.
Paivio - A.
13. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kelly - G.
Watson - J.
Kohler - W.
Janis - I.
14. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Sherrington - C.
Bem - D.
Bekesy -G.
Kernberg - O.
15. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Klein - M.
Rescorla - R.
Hall - E.
16. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Guilford - J.
Sherrington - C.
Cattell - R.
Bem - S.
17. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Wernicke - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Darwin - C.
Freud - A.
18. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Luria - A.
Sperling - G.
Sheldon - W.
19. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Garcia - J.
Lorenz - K.
Bandura - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
20. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Swets - John A.
Adler - A.
Newcomb - T.
Milgram - S.
21. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Bem - S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Schachter - S.
Paivio - A.
22. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Guilford - J.
Cannon - W.
23. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Kelly - G.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Spearman - C.
Kernberg - O.
24. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Chomsky - N.
Rescorla - R.
Cannon - W.
Milner - B.
25. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Helmholtz - H.
Sheldon - W.
Tinbergen - N.
Eysenck - H.
26. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Kohler - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Luria - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
27. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Jung - C.
Fechner - G.
Maslow - A.
Wernicke - C.
28. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Paivio - A.
Kelly - G.
Asch - S.
Miller - G.
29. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bem - D.
Loftus - E.
30. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Milgram - S.
Luria - A.
Guilford - J.
Luchins - A.
31. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Cannon - W.
Watson - J.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wilson - E. O.
32. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Stevens - S. S.
Cattell - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
33. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Pavlov - I.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Sherrington - C.
34. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
McGuire - W.
Darwin - C.
Premack - D.
35. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Lewin - K.
Lorenz - K.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
36. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Cattell - R.
Milner - B.
Horney - K.
37. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Darwin - C.
Allport - G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
38. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Festinger - L.
Rescorla - R.
Watson - J.
39. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Luchins - A.
Bem - S.
Rogers - C.
Sherif - M.
40. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Bandura - A.
Schachter - S.
Adler - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
41. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Freud - S.
Asch - S.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
42. 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
Sperling - G.
Zimbardo - P.
Gardner - H.
Kandel - E.
43. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Rogers - C.
Jung - C.
Bem - S.
Helmholtz - H.
44. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Hovland - C.
Paivio - A.
Miller - G.
Witkin - H.
45. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Rotter - J.
Asch - S.
Eagly - A.
Skinner - B.F.
46. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Tinbergen - N.
Guilford - J.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
47. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Maslow - A.
Cattell - R.
Zimbardo - P.
Kandel - E.
48. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Adler - A.
Wernicke - C.
Miller - G.
49. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Broca - P.
Watson - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
50. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Sperling - G.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Berkeley - G.