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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied observational learning
Cannon - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Bandura - A.
2. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Fechner - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Kernberg - O.
3. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Stevens - S. S.
Rescorla - R.
Erikson - E.
Luria - A.
4. 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
Paivio - A.
Cattell - R.
Gardner - H.
Wernicke - C.
5. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
McClelland - D.
Freud - A.
Witkin - H.
Maslow - A.
6. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Freud - S.
Chomsky - N.
Sherif - M.
Broadbent - D.
7. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Skinner - B.F.
Wilson - E. O.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Kelly - G.
8. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Hering - E.
Wernicke - C.
Sperling - G.
Skinner - B.F.
9. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Zimbardo - P.
Lewin - K.
Cannon - W.
10. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Skinner - B.F.
Jung - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Broca - P.
11. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Fechner - G.
Milner - B.
Stevens - S. S.
Bartlett - F.
12. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Swets - John A.
Thorndike - E.
Luria - A.
13. Developed sociobiology
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Wilson - E. O.
Premack - D.
14. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Klein - M.
Bekesy -G.
Bandura - A.
Kandel - E.
15. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Luria - A.
Kernberg - O.
Cattell - R.
Watson - J.
16. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Darwin - C.
Jung - C.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
17. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Kohler - W.
Premack - D.
Kandel - E.
Horney - K.
18. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Bem - S.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hall - E.
19. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Erikson - E.
Cattell - R.
Broca - P.
Sherif - M.
20. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Sherif - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Berkeley - G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
21. 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.
Thorndike - E.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Milner - B.
Thurstone - L.
22. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Luchins - A.
Thurstone - L.
McGuire - W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
23. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Eagly - A.
Klein - M.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
24. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Zimbardo - P.
Penfield - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Pavlov - I.
25. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
26. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Fechner - G.
Erikson - E.
Zajonc. R.
Hering - E.
27. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Luria - A.
Watson - J.
Maslow - A.
28. Proposed filter theory of attention
Garcia - J.
Broadbent - D.
Kohler - W.
Rescorla - R.
29. 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
Skinner - B.F.
Zajonc. R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
30. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Jung - C.
Thurstone - L.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Mahler - M.
31. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Garcia - J.
Festinger - L.
Sheldon - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
32. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Pavlov - I.
Penfield - W.
Garcia - J.
33. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
McClelland - D.
Schachter - S.
Mischel - W.
34. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
McGuire - W.
Winnicott - D.W.
Horney - K.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
35. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Spearman - C.
Jung - C.
Hering - E.
Premack - D.
36. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Bekesy -G.
McGuire - W.
Schachter - S.
37. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Luria - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Rogers - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
38. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Miller - G.
Freud - S.
Berkeley - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
39. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Darwin - C.
Rogers - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
40. Object-relations theorist
Berkeley - G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Winnicott - D.W.
41. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Premack - D.
Lerner - M.
Janis - I.
Thurstone - L.
42. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Helmholtz - H.
Broadbent - D.
Sperling - G.
Thurstone - L.
43. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
von Frisch - K.
McGuire - W.
Gibson - J.
Sherrington - C.
44. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Schachter - S.
Gardner - H.
Hall - E.
45. 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.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Stevens - S. S.
Jung - C.
Milgram - S.
46. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Fechner - G.
Eagly - A.
Bartlett - F.
Lewin - K.
47. Object-relations theorist
Bekesy -G.
Guilford - J.
Mahler - M.
Whorf - B.
48. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Mahler - M.
Whorf - B.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
49. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Festinger - L.
Darwin - C.
Schachter - S.
Mischel - W.
50. Proposed gate theory of pain
Bandura - A.
Sherif - M.
Zimbardo - P.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.