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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Bekesy -G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Whorf - B.
Asch - S.
2. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Eysenck - H.
Kelly - G.
Thurstone - L.
Freud - S.
3. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kernberg - O.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Janis - I.
4. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Lerner - M.
Bem - S.
Thurstone - L.
5. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Bandura - A.
Eagly - A.
Hovland - C.
6. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Fechner - G.
Sherif - M.
Helmholtz - H.
Lerner - M.
7. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
von Frisch - K.
Schachter - S.
Rotter - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
8. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Sherif - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
James - W. and Lange - C.
9. 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.
Jung - C.
Sperling - G.
Bem - D.
Cattell - R.
10. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
Broadbent - D.
Adler - A.
Cattell - R.
11. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Zimbardo - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Cattell - R.
Rescorla - R.
12. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Bem - D.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
13. Studied insights in problem solving
Kernberg - O.
Kohler - W.
Swets - John A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
14. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Berkeley - G.
Cattell - R.
Darwin - C.
Bartlett - F.
15. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Freud - A.
von Frisch - K.
Paivio - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
16. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sternberg - R.
Sherif - M.
17. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Swets - John A.
Guilford - J.
Rogers - C.
18. Founder of ego psychology
Bartlett - F.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Freud - A.
Bem - D.
19. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Bem - S.
Jung - C.
Spearman - C.
Milner - B.
20. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Bandura - A.
Allport - G.
Erikson - E.
Heider - F.
21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Eagly - A.
von Frisch - K.
Freud - S.
22. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Paivio - A.
Gardner - H.
Penfield - W.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
23. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
McGuire - W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
24. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Gibson - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Loftus - E.
25. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Fechner - G.
Pavlov - I.
Witkin - H.
Helmholtz - H.
26. Object-relations theorist
Pavlov - I.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Gibson - J.
Klein - M.
27. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Stevens - S. S.
Lerner - M.
28. Proposed gate theory of pain
Kohler - W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Tinbergen - N.
29. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Witkin - H.
Asch - S.
Kernberg - O.
30. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
von Frisch - K.
Lewin - K.
Bekesy -G.
Berkeley - G.
31. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Pavlov - I.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
von Frisch - K.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
32. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Stevens - S. S.
Lewin - K.
Mahler - M.
Milgram - S.
33. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Horney - K.
Fechner - G.
Bandura - A.
34. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Loftus - E.
Swets - John A.
Rogers - C.
Erikson - E.
35. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Paivio - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
36. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Adler - A.
Festinger - L.
37. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Hering - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Luria - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
38. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Bartlett - F.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
39. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Tinbergen - N.
Bem - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Hering - E.
40. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Freud - A.
Garcia - J.
Skinner - B.F.
41. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Miller - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Chomsky - N.
42. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Lerner - M.
Milner - B.
Rogers - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
43. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Schachter - S.
Sherif - M.
Newcomb - T.
Jung - C.
44. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Freud - A.
Adler - A.
Helmholtz - H.
Horney - K.
45. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Paivio - A.
Hering - E.
Zimbardo - P.
Helmholtz - H.
46. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Wolpe - J.
Spearman - C.
Kandel - E.
Freud - A.
47. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Eagly - A.
Broca - P.
Thorndike - E.
48. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Erikson - E.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Wernicke - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
49. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Watson - J.
Skinner - B.F.
50. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Wolpe - J.
Premack - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Pavlov - I.