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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Lerner - M.
Stevens - S. S.
Garcia - J.
Klein - M.
2. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Skinner - B.F.
Rescorla - R.
Paivio - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
3. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Rogers - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Sperling - G.
Spearman - C.
4. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Eagly - A.
Mahler - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
5. 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.
Swets - John A.
McClelland - D.
Jung - C.
Tinbergen - N.
6. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Horney - K.
Thorndike - E.
Stevens - S. S.
Whorf - B.
7. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Gibson - J.
Kelly - G.
Hall - E.
8. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Broca - P.
Tinbergen - N.
Festinger - L.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
9. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Fechner - G.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Luchins - A.
Zajonc. R.
10. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sperling - G.
Zajonc. R.
11. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Erikson - E.
Sherrington - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Luria - A.
12. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Tinbergen - N.
Hering - E.
Sheldon - W.
Broadbent - D.
13. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Maslow - A.
Premack - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Swets - John A.
14. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Bartlett - F.
Rotter - J.
Lerner - M.
Tinbergen - N.
15. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
von Frisch - K.
Schachter - S.
Janis - I.
Maslow - A.
16. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
von Frisch - K.
Allport - G.
17. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Skinner - B.F.
Lewin - K.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Cannon - W.
18. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Gibson - J.
Helmholtz - H.
Luchins - A.
19. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Freud - S.
Helmholtz - H.
Rogers - C.
20. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Hall - E.
Berkeley - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Cattell - R.
21. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Rescorla - R.
Maslow - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Bem - S.
22. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Skinner - B.F.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Asch - S.
Helmholtz - H.
23. Proposed filter theory of attention
Cannon - W.
Broadbent - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Kernberg - O.
24. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Eagly - A.
Hering - E.
Paivio - A.
25. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Zimbardo - P.
Maslow - A.
26. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Swets - John A.
Sheldon - W.
Fechner - G.
27. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wilson - E. O.
Cannon - W.
Watson - J.
Wernicke - C.
28. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Witkin - H.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Festinger - L.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
29. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Whorf - B.
Gibson - J.
Milner - B.
Adler - A.
30. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Rescorla - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Whorf - B.
31. Developed sociobiology
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Lewin - K.
Wilson - E. O.
Sherif - M.
32. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Loftus - E.
Kandel - E.
Sternberg - R.
33. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Luchins - A.
Darwin - C.
Wolpe - J.
34. Developed theory of isomorphism
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kohler - W.
Thurstone - L.
Janis - I.
35. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Luchins - A.
Rotter - J.
Mahler - M.
36. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Bekesy -G.
Skinner - B.F.
Loftus - E.
Tinbergen - N.
37. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Fechner - G.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Milner - B.
Winnicott - D.W.
38. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Lorenz - K.
Janis - I.
Thurstone - L.
Miller - G.
39. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Berkeley - G.
Swets - John A.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
40. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Schachter - S.
Janis - I.
Guilford - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
41. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Kohler - W.
Skinner - B.F.
Thurstone - L.
von Frisch - K.
42. Studied locus of control
Ebbinghaus - H.
Broca - P.
Rotter - J.
Skinner - B.F.
43. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Rogers - C.
Thorndike - E.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
44. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Cattell - R.
Watson - J.
McClelland - D.
Guilford - J.
45. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Rogers - C.
Cattell - R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
46. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Tinbergen - N.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Cattell - R.
Sherif - M.
47. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Asch - S.
Eagly - A.
Darwin - C.
48. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Sperling - G.
Milgram - S.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Fechner - G.
49. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
von Frisch - K.
Guilford - J.
Bem - S.
50. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Tinbergen - N.
Bekesy -G.
Paivio - A.
Luria - A.