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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Klein - M.
Adler - A.
Loftus - E.
Broadbent - D.
2. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Darwin - C.
Maslow - A.
Rescorla - R.
Cattell - R.
3. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Gardner - H.
Adler - A.
Premack - D.
Hall - E.
4. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Tinbergen - N.
Berkeley - G.
Premack - D.
5. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Heider - F.
Erikson - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Guilford - J.
6. Studied locus of control
Lerner - M.
Sherrington - C.
Cannon - W.
Rotter - J.
7. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Lewin - K.
Luchins - A.
Allport - G.
8. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Cattell - R.
Lorenz - K.
Guilford - J.
Paivio - A.
9. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Festinger - L.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Janis - I.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
10. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Wernicke - C.
Freud - S.
Cattell - R.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
11. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Milner - B.
Thurstone - L.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
12. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Allport - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Ebbinghaus - H.
13. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Milgram - S.
Rescorla - R.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
14. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Thorndike - E.
Hering - E.
Eagly - A.
Garcia - J.
15. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Witkin - H.
Milgram - S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
16. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Garcia - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Tinbergen - N.
Bekesy -G.
17. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Winnicott - D.W.
Cattell - R.
Miller - G.
Stevens - S. S.
18. Studied political norms
Milgram - S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Cattell - R.
Newcomb - T.
19. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Luchins - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Cattell - R.
20. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Festinger - L.
Miller - G.
Helmholtz - H.
Cattell - R.
21. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Horney - K.
von Frisch - K.
Kernberg - O.
Bandura - A.
22. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Skinner - B.F.
Rescorla - R.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Lorenz - K.
23. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Garcia - J.
Maslow - A.
24. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Mischel - W.
Kernberg - O.
Premack - D.
Festinger - L.
25. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Zimbardo - P.
Tinbergen - N.
Eagly - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
26. Studied observational learning
Newcomb - T.
Wilson - E. O.
Bandura - A.
Paivio - A.
27. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Newcomb - T.
Kohler - W.
Allport - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
28. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Sheldon - W.
Bartlett - F.
Fechner - G.
29. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Broca - P.
Zimbardo - P.
30. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Tinbergen - N.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
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
Milgram - S.
Bem - S.
Asch - S.
Watson - J.
32. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Whorf - B.
McGuire - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
33. 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
Newcomb - T.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Helmholtz - H.
Zajonc. R.
34. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Helmholtz - H.
Luchins - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Thurstone - L.
35. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Chomsky - N.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Erikson - E.
36. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Cattell - R.
Bandura - A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
37. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Gardner - H.
Kohler - W.
Watson - J.
38. Object-relations theorist
Helmholtz - H.
Kernberg - O.
Bartlett - F.
Kelly - G.
39. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Erikson - E.
Eagly - A.
Bandura - A.
40. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
McGuire - W.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
41. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Ebbinghaus - H.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Cattell - R.
Garcia - J.
42. Developed theory of isomorphism
Freud - S.
Kernberg - O.
Penfield - W.
Kohler - W.
43. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Hering - E.
Witkin - H.
Cannon - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
44. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Lewin - K.
Chomsky - N.
Spearman - C.
45. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
von Frisch - K.
Penfield - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
46. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
47. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Paivio - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Rotter - J.
48. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
Chomsky - N.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Bandura - A.
49. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Sternberg - R.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
50. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
von Frisch - K.
Watson - J.
Rescorla - R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
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