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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Horney - K.
Stevens - S. S.
Freud - S.
Broca - P.
2. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wilson - E. O.
Premack - D.
3. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
McClelland - D.
Luria - A.
Berkeley - G.
Rogers - C.
4. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Lewin - K.
Paivio - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
5. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Klein - M.
Witkin - H.
Garcia - J.
Gibson - J.
6. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Festinger - L.
Stevens - S. S.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Fechner - G.
7. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Stevens - S. S.
Kelly - G.
Hering - E.
8. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Loftus - E.
Winnicott - D.W.
Klein - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
9. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Heider - F.
Zimbardo - P.
Kandel - E.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
10. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Guilford - J.
Witkin - H.
Sherrington - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
11. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Heider - F.
Kohler - W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Gibson - J.
12. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Luchins - A.
Sternberg - R.
Pavlov - I.
Cattell - R.
13. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Eysenck - H.
McClelland - D.
Tinbergen - N.
McGuire - W.
14. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Garcia - J.
Penfield - W.
Cattell - R.
Darwin - C.
15. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Maslow - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Cattell - R.
16. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kohler - W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Berkeley - G.
17. Developed theory of isomorphism
Swets - John A.
Kohler - W.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bekesy -G.
18. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Pavlov - I.
Stevens - S. S.
Eysenck - H.
19. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Eagly - A.
Swets - John A.
Guilford - J.
Janis - I.
20. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
von Frisch - K.
Kohler - W.
Milner - B.
Bem - S.
21. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Eagly - A.
Freud - S.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
22. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Heider - F.
Lorenz - K.
Wolpe - J.
Schachter - S.
23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Adler - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Watson - J.
24. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Bekesy -G.
Bem - S.
Newcomb - T.
25. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Wilson - E. O.
Kandel - E.
Guilford - J.
Loftus - E.
26. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Spearman - C.
Festinger - L.
Bekesy -G.
27. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Zajonc. R.
Swets - John A.
28. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
James - W. and Lange - C.
Asch - S.
Festinger - L.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
29. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Ebbinghaus - H.
Sternberg - R.
Schachter - S.
Rescorla - R.
30. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Janis - I.
Wolpe - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
31. 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.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Jung - C.
Cattell - R.
Darwin - C.
32. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Rescorla - R.
Thorndike - E.
Gardner - H.
Jung - C.
33. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Lorenz - K.
Kohler - W.
Mischel - W.
34. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Asch - S.
Swets - John A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kandel - E.
35. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Lorenz - K.
Zimbardo - P.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Premack - D.
36. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sternberg - R.
Lorenz - K.
Bekesy -G.
37. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Asch - S.
Tinbergen - N.
Rotter - J.
Horney - K.
38. Proposed gate theory of pain
Kernberg - O.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Skinner - B.F.
Kelly - G.
39. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Rescorla - R.
40. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Loftus - E.
Spearman - C.
41. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Sheldon - W.
Heider - F.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
42. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Rogers - C.
Thorndike - E.
Wernicke - C.
Helmholtz - H.
43. Object-relations theorist
Gibson - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Festinger - L.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
44. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Lewin - K.
Adler - A.
Whorf - B.
Freud - A.
45. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Freud - S.
Milgram - S.
Cattell - R.
Mischel - W.
46. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Bekesy -G.
Sherif - M.
Sheldon - W.
47. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Watson - J.
Maslow - A.
Festinger - L.
Bandura - A.
48. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
von Frisch - K.
Rotter - J.
Klein - M.
49. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Hall - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Winnicott - D.W.
Thurstone - L.
50. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Bekesy -G.
Hering - E.
Thorndike - E.
von Frisch - K.