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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Loftus - E.
Luchins - A.
2. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Witkin - H.
Janis - I.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Gardner - H.
3. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Klein - M.
Garcia - J.
Watson - J.
Zajonc. R.
4. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Adler - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Cattell - R.
Janis - I.
5. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
Hering - E.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hovland - C.
6. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Tinbergen - N.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Helmholtz - H.
Hering - E.
7. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Whorf - B.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
von Frisch - K.
Heider - F.
8. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Milner - B.
Kernberg - O.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Kandel - E.
9. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Cattell - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Garcia - J.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
10. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Bem - S.
Kohler - W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
11. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Skinner - B.F.
Bekesy -G.
Wolpe - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
12. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Wolpe - J.
Hering - E.
Allport - G.
Gibson - J.
13. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Penfield - W.
Swets - John A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
14. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Zimbardo - P.
Luchins - A.
Maslow - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
15. Founder of ego psychology
Adler - A.
Freud - A.
Bandura - A.
Heider - F.
16. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Skinner - B.F.
Guilford - J.
Bandura - A.
Cannon - W.
17. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Ebbinghaus - H.
Helmholtz - H.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
18. Performed study on doll preferences in African-American children; the results were used in the 1954 Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case.
Cattell - R.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Darwin - C.
Cannon - W.
19. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Helmholtz - H.
Hering - E.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Thorndike - E.
20. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Bem - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
21. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Kernberg - O.
Wolpe - J.
Lorenz - K.
Swets - John A.
22. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Kernberg - O.
Whorf - B.
Maslow - A.
Luchins - A.
23. Critic of trait theories of personality
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sheldon - W.
Mischel - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
24. 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
Eagly - A.
Miller - G.
Gardner - H.
Tinbergen - N.
25. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Cattell - R.
Horney - K.
Chomsky - N.
26. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Loftus - E.
Freud - A.
Cannon - W.
27. 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.
Festinger - L.
Witkin - H.
Tinbergen - N.
28. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Skinner - B.F.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Tinbergen - N.
Bandura - A.
29. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Freud - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Paivio - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
30. Developed theory of isomorphism
Broadbent - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Lerner - M.
Kohler - W.
31. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Bekesy -G.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Kernberg - O.
32. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Fechner - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Milgram - S.
Klein - M.
33. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Schachter - S.
Witkin - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
34. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Skinner - B.F.
Bandura - A.
Milner - B.
Penfield - W.
35. Studied political norms
McGuire - W.
Jung - C.
Mischel - W.
Newcomb - T.
36. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Erikson - E.
Mischel - W.
Penfield - W.
37. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Bartlett - F.
Eagly - A.
Paivio - A.
38. Developed sociobiology
Horney - K.
Sperling - G.
Wilson - E. O.
Erikson - E.
39. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Kernberg - O.
Bem - S.
Bem - D.
40. 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.
McClelland - D.
Bandura - A.
Jung - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
41. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Luria - A.
Gibson - J.
Wernicke - C.
42. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Sheldon - W.
Paivio - A.
Kernberg - O.
Heider - F.
43. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Hovland - C.
Kandel - E.
Wernicke - C.
Broadbent - D.
44. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Festinger - L.
Premack - D.
Bandura - A.
Chomsky - N.
45. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Newcomb - T.
Klein - M.
Milner - B.
46. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Kohler - W.
Cannon - W.
Skinner - B.F.
Horney - K.
47. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wernicke - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Cattell - R.
48. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Wolpe - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Paivio - A.
49. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Paivio - A.
Whorf - B.
Fechner - G.
Tinbergen - N.
50. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Cattell - R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Sherrington - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.