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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Eysenck - H.
Thorndike - E.
Newcomb - T.
2. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Loftus - E.
Eysenck - H.
McClelland - D.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
3. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Miller - G.
Wernicke - C.
Horney - K.
4. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Premack - D.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Tinbergen - N.
Cannon - W.
5. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Chomsky - N.
Wilson - E. O.
Lerner - M.
Sternberg - R.
6. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Bekesy -G.
Eysenck - H.
Premack - D.
7. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Watson - J.
Sternberg - R.
Bem - S.
8. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Miller - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Spearman - C.
9. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Bartlett - F.
Winnicott - D.W.
Newcomb - T.
10. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Adler - A.
Sherif - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
11. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Festinger - L.
Erikson - E.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
von Frisch - K.
12. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
McGuire - W.
Lewin - K.
13. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Kelly - G.
Pavlov - I.
Lerner - M.
James - W. and Lange - C.
14. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Pavlov - I.
Luria - A.
Lewin - K.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
15. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gibson - J.
Paivio - A.
Swets - John A.
Zajonc. R.
16. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Winnicott - D.W.
Berkeley - G.
Chomsky - N.
Erikson - E.
17. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Adler - A.
Watson - J.
Newcomb - T.
Kohler - W.
18. Developed sociobiology
Broca - P.
Wilson - E. O.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Ebbinghaus - H.
19. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Bem - D.
Helmholtz - H.
Zajonc. R.
20. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Mischel - W.
Kernberg - O.
Janis - I.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
21. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Berkeley - G.
Sheldon - W.
Festinger - L.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
22. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Winnicott - D.W.
Milgram - S.
Hovland - C.
Kandel - E.
23. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Hall - E.
Sperling - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
Bandura - A.
24. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Festinger - L.
Pavlov - I.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Hering - E.
25. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Rotter - J.
Gibson - J.
Bem - S.
Rescorla - R.
26. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Luria - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Watson - J.
27. Proposed filter theory of attention
Paivio - A.
Janis - I.
Mahler - M.
Broadbent - D.
28. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Jung - C.
Skinner - B.F.
McGuire - W.
Thurstone - L.
29. 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
Luchins - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Gardner - H.
Lewin - K.
30. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Asch - S.
Skinner - B.F.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Skinner - B.F.
31. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Thurstone - L.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Swets - John A.
32. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Sherif - M.
Premack - D.
Zimbardo - P.
33. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Whorf - B.
Newcomb - T.
Allport - G.
Bartlett - F.
34. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Thurstone - L.
Bandura - A.
Sperling - G.
35. Proposed gate theory of pain
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Garcia - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Wilson - E. O.
36. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Freud - A.
Eysenck - H.
Wolpe - J.
Sherrington - C.
37. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Witkin - H.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
38. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Watson - J.
Lorenz - K.
Broca - P.
Pavlov - I.
39. 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.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wilson - E. O.
Klein - M.
40. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Bekesy -G.
Eysenck - H.
Thurstone - L.
41. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Mischel - W.
Skinner - B.F.
Sperling - G.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
42. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Asch - S.
Kelly - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Newcomb - T.
43. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Whorf - B.
Spearman - C.
Bem - S.
Sherrington - C.
44. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Eagly - A.
Bandura - A.
45. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Rogers - C.
Luchins - A.
Bem - D.
Wernicke - C.
46. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Jung - C.
Zajonc. R.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
47. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
McClelland - D.
Bem - D.
Luria - A.
48. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Eysenck - H.
Luchins - A.
49. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Festinger - L.
Bekesy -G.
Milner - B.
Winnicott - D.W.
50. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Lorenz - K.
Bekesy -G.
Thurstone - L.
Chomsky - N.