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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Garcia - J.
Horney - K.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Asch - S.
2. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Winnicott - D.W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Schachter - S.
3. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Klein - M.
Milner - B.
Whorf - B.
Bekesy -G.
4. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Rescorla - R.
Wilson - E. O.
James - W. and Lange - C.
5. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Hovland - C.
Whorf - B.
Wernicke - C.
Maslow - A.
6. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Fechner - G.
Kohler - W.
Kelly - G.
Premack - D.
7. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Luchins - A.
Hovland - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
8. 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.
Luchins - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sternberg - R.
9. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
James - W. and Lange - C.
Mahler - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Bem - S.
10. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Lorenz - K.
Pavlov - I.
Sheldon - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
11. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sheldon - W.
Rotter - J.
12. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Chomsky - N.
Kelly - G.
Milner - B.
Winnicott - D.W.
13. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Whorf - B.
Broca - P.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
14. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Jung - C.
Lorenz - K.
Thorndike - E.
15. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bekesy -G.
Rogers - C.
16. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Bandura - A.
Hall - E.
Sternberg - R.
Watson - J.
17. 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
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Zajonc. R.
Premack - D.
Helmholtz - H.
18. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Guilford - J.
19. Studied locus of control
Sperling - G.
Rotter - J.
Rogers - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
20. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Swets - John A.
Bandura - A.
Mischel - W.
21. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Schachter - S.
Heider - F.
Janis - I.
Darwin - C.
22. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Penfield - W.
Eysenck - H.
23. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Cattell - R.
Heider - F.
Sherrington - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
24. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Zimbardo - P.
Newcomb - T.
Freud - A.
25. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Ebbinghaus - H.
26. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sperling - G.
Eagly - A.
Spearman - C.
27. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Erikson - E.
Witkin - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sperling - G.
28. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bandura - A.
Allport - G.
Janis - I.
29. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Janis - I.
Helmholtz - H.
Gibson - J.
Hering - E.
30. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Premack - D.
Fechner - G.
Maslow - A.
31. Studied observational learning
Swets - John A.
Paivio - A.
Chomsky - N.
Bandura - A.
32. Founder of ego psychology
Sternberg - R.
Freud - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Adler - A.
33. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Wernicke - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Cattell - R.
Bartlett - F.
34. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Berkeley - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
35. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Whorf - B.
Janis - I.
Eysenck - H.
Kandel - E.
36. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Newcomb - T.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Cattell - R.
37. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Eagly - A.
Hovland - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Allport - G.
38. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Lewin - K.
Eagly - A.
Gardner - H.
Sherrington - C.
39. Object-relations theorist
Hall - E.
Zajonc. R.
Luria - A.
Klein - M.
40. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Helmholtz - H.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Guilford - J.
41. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Berkeley - G.
Gibson - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Horney - K.
42. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hering - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Witkin - H.
43. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Guilford - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Winnicott - D.W.
44. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Rescorla - R.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Schachter - S.
Luria - A.
45. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Cannon - W.
Kohler - W.
Whorf - B.
Hall - E.
46. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Sherif - M.
Bem - D.
Garcia - J.
47. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Guilford - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Luria - A.
Hovland - C.
48. Studied political norms
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Newcomb - T.
Winnicott - D.W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
49. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Hall - E.
Rotter - J.
Thorndike - E.
Sherrington - C.
50. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Freud - A.
Sperling - G.
Helmholtz - H.
Broadbent - D.