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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Festinger - L.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Sherrington - C.
Horney - K.
2. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Loftus - E.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Berkeley - G.
3. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Bem - S.
Berkeley - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
4. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Kohler - W.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sperling - G.
Sternberg - R.
5. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Klein - M.
Festinger - L.
Watson - J.
Skinner - B.F.
6. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Eagly - A.
McClelland - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
7. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Watson - J.
Spearman - C.
Kelly - G.
Sherif - M.
8. Object-relations theorist
Gardner - H.
Darwin - C.
Klein - M.
Kernberg - O.
9. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Maslow - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Lorenz - K.
10. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Lorenz - K.
Bartlett - F.
Penfield - W.
Hering - E.
11. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Newcomb - T.
Eysenck - H.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
12. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Adler - A.
Bem - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
13. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Bartlett - F.
Hall - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Heider - F.
14. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
McGuire - W.
Kelly - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
15. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Wilson - E. O.
Garcia - J.
Newcomb - T.
Helmholtz - H.
16. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Bem - D.
Heider - F.
Broca - P.
17. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Eagly - A.
Premack - D.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Rogers - C.
18. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Cannon - W.
Horney - K.
Kandel - E.
19. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Sperling - G.
Fechner - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Whorf - B.
20. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Cattell - R.
Sternberg - R.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Fechner - G.
21. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Witkin - H.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Miller - G.
22. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Loftus - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
23. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Rotter - J.
Hering - E.
Mischel - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
24. Proposed gate theory of pain
Wernicke - C.
Garcia - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Premack - D.
25. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Kandel - E.
Lerner - M.
Erikson - E.
Thurstone - L.
26. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Bartlett - F.
Zimbardo - P.
Sherrington - C.
Sherif - M.
27. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bem - S.
Horney - K.
Luchins - A.
28. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Fechner - G.
Paivio - A.
Klein - M.
Whorf - B.
29. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Berkeley - G.
Festinger - L.
Bandura - A.
30. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Eysenck - H.
Fechner - G.
Maslow - A.
Bandura - A.
31. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Sherif - M.
Wilson - E. O.
Hering - E.
Darwin - C.
32. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Hering - E.
Bandura - A.
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
McGuire - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Zajonc. R.
34. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Eagly - A.
Sherrington - C.
McClelland - D.
Gibson - J.
35. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Guilford - J.
Luchins - A.
Rescorla - R.
36. 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
Gardner - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Eysenck - H.
Bandura - A.
37. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Broca - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
38. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Eagly - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Premack - D.
39. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Cattell - R.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Wernicke - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
40. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Maslow - A.
Spearman - C.
Hovland - C.
Jung - C.
41. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Cannon - W.
Allport - G.
Sternberg - R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
42. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Festinger - L.
Mahler - M.
Miller - G.
43. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Mischel - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bem - D.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
44. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
McGuire - W.
von Frisch - K.
45. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Kandel - E.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bandura - A.
Skinner - B.F.
46. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
von Frisch - K.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Kandel - E.
Chomsky - N.
47. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Heider - F.
Milner - B.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Maslow - A.
48. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Erikson - E.
Thorndike - E.
49. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Eysenck - H.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Gibson - J.
50. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Stevens - S. S.
McGuire - W.
Spearman - C.