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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Pavlov - I.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Thurstone - L.
2. Studied insights in problem solving
McGuire - W.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Swets - John A.
Kohler - W.
3. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Kohler - W.
Lerner - M.
Luria - A.
Helmholtz - H.
4. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Bandura - A.
Watson - J.
Heider - F.
Maslow - A.
5. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
von Frisch - K.
Rogers - C.
Eysenck - H.
Bem - S.
6. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Wernicke - C.
Paivio - A.
Asch - S.
James - W. and Lange - C.
7. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Hall - E.
Pavlov - I.
Gardner - H.
Asch - S.
8. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Paivio - A.
Bem - D.
McGuire - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
9. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Guilford - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Heider - F.
Mischel - W.
10. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Mischel - W.
Jung - C.
Kohler - W.
11. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Swets - John A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Cannon - W.
Skinner - B.F.
12. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Milner - B.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Lerner - M.
Loftus - E.
13. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Fechner - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
14. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Skinner - B.F.
Guilford - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
15. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Milgram - S.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Penfield - W.
Zimbardo - P.
16. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Asch - S.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Miller - G.
17. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Freud - S.
Heider - F.
Horney - K.
Lerner - M.
18. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Wolpe - J.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Fechner - G.
19. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mahler - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Mischel - W.
Darwin - C.
20. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Cattell - R.
Bartlett - F.
Luchins - A.
21. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eysenck - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Berkeley - G.
Eagly - A.
22. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Premack - D.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Cannon - W.
Rogers - C.
23. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Erikson - E.
Festinger - L.
Penfield - W.
Thurstone - L.
24. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
McGuire - W.
Freud - S.
Schachter - S.
25. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Hall - E.
Lewin - K.
Broadbent - D.
26. 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.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Allport - G.
Paivio - A.
27. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Lerner - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Bekesy -G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
28. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Garcia - J.
Helmholtz - H.
Tinbergen - N.
Cattell - R.
29. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Rescorla - R.
Luchins - A.
Bartlett - F.
Gardner - H.
30. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Rogers - C.
Berkeley - G.
Allport - G.
Watson - J.
31. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Freud - S.
James - W. and Lange - C.
32. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Lewin - K.
Klein - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
33. Proposed filter theory of attention
Allport - G.
Wilson - E. O.
Lewin - K.
Broadbent - D.
34. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Tinbergen - N.
Bartlett - F.
Jung - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
35. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Zimbardo - P.
Watson - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Thurstone - L.
36. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Zimbardo - P.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Rogers - C.
37. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Eysenck - H.
Luria - A.
Wernicke - C.
Kohler - W.
38. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Bem - D.
Broca - P.
Milner - B.
Rescorla - R.
39. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Erikson - E.
Cannon - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Bekesy -G.
40. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Guilford - J.
Berkeley - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
Milgram - S.
41. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Adler - A.
Rotter - J.
Spearman - C.
Guilford - J.
42. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Eagly - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Kohler - W.
43. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Guilford - J.
Wolpe - J.
Hering - E.
Kohler - W.
44. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Allport - G.
Bem - D.
Premack - D.
45. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Freud - A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Bem - D.
46. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Sheldon - W.
Skinner - B.F.
Broadbent - D.
Erikson - E.
47. Studied attitude change
Heider - F.
Lorenz - K.
Hovland - C.
Mahler - M.
48. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Premack - D.
Stevens - S. S.
Hall - E.
49. Developed theory of isomorphism
Garcia - J.
Mischel - W.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kohler - W.
50. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
McClelland - D.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
McGuire - W.
Darwin - C.
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