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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Janis - I.
McClelland - D.
Whorf - B.
Berkeley - G.
2. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Paivio - A.
Rescorla - R.
Broca - P.
Berkeley - G.
3. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Whorf - B.
Kohler - W.
McGuire - W.
Thorndike - E.
4. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Lorenz - K.
Schachter - S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Bandura - A.
5. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Cannon - W.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Gibson - J.
6. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.
Lewin - K.
Eysenck - H.
Spearman - C.
Jung - C.
7. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Sperling - G.
Premack - D.
Witkin - H.
Penfield - W.
8. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Horney - K.
Cannon - W.
Kohler - W.
Bandura - A.
9. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Wolpe - J.
Pavlov - I.
Thurstone - L.
Whorf - B.
10. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Thurstone - L.
Lerner - M.
Cattell - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
11. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Penfield - W.
Tinbergen - N.
Thurstone - L.
12. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Broadbent - D.
Newcomb - T.
Klein - M.
13. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
McClelland - D.
Cattell - R.
Klein - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
14. 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
Rescorla - R.
Spearman - C.
Gardner - H.
Horney - K.
15. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Bem - S.
Kandel - E.
Heider - F.
Sheldon - W.
16. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wolpe - J.
Rescorla - R.
Broadbent - D.
17. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Garcia - J.
Rogers - C.
Klein - M.
18. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Lorenz - K.
Miller - G.
Darwin - C.
Luria - A.
19. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Spearman - C.
Bandura - A.
Kelly - G.
20. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Miller - G.
Milgram - S.
Erikson - E.
21. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Bem - S.
Asch - S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
22. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Eagly - A.
Eysenck - H.
Premack - D.
Lorenz - K.
23. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Maslow - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Thorndike - E.
24. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Helmholtz - H.
Kelly - G.
Darwin - C.
25. Developed theory of isomorphism
Festinger - L.
Kohler - W.
Wolpe - J.
Cattell - R.
26. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Heider - F.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
27. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Kelly - G.
Witkin - H.
Adler - A.
Milner - B.
28. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Lerner - M.
Chomsky - N.
Erikson - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.
29. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Sternberg - R.
Sherif - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
30. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Stevens - S. S.
Thorndike - E.
Milgram - S.
Freud - A.
31. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Broadbent - D.
Wolpe - J.
Milner - B.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
32. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kernberg - O.
Cannon - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
33. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Wilson - E. O.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
34. Proposed filter theory of attention
Fechner - G.
Hall - E.
Asch - S.
Broadbent - D.
35. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Garcia - J.
Sheldon - W.
Bem - D.
Kohler - W.
36. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Berkeley - G.
Penfield - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Skinner - B.F.
37. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Eysenck - H.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Freud - S.
38. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Berkeley - G.
Bartlett - F.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
39. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Rotter - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Freud - A.
40. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
McGuire - W.
Freud - S.
Skinner - B.F.
41. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Sheldon - W.
Thurstone - L.
Sherrington - C.
Broadbent - D.
42. Studied political norms
Bem - D.
Stevens - S. S.
Newcomb - T.
Erikson - E.
43. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Whorf - B.
Bartlett - F.
Mischel - W.
Luria - A.
44. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Milner - B.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Tinbergen - N.
Ebbinghaus - H.
45. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Wernicke - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Guilford - J.
46. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Milgram - S.
Skinner - B.F.
Berkeley - G.
47. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Zimbardo - P.
Gardner - H.
Chomsky - N.
48. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Schachter - S.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Asch - S.
Helmholtz - H.
49. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Festinger - L.
Luria - A.
Schachter - S.
Janis - I.
50. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Penfield - W.
Sternberg - R.
Lorenz - K.
Kernberg - O.