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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Watson - J.
Wernicke - C.
Garcia - J.
Premack - D.
2. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bandura - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bartlett - F.
Milner - B.
3. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Sherrington - C.
Zajonc. R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
4. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Eysenck - H.
Newcomb - T.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
5. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Klein - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Wernicke - C.
Zimbardo - P.
6. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Eagly - A.
McGuire - W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Hering - E.
7. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Lerner - M.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Wilson - E. O.
Lorenz - K.
8. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Thorndike - E.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Rogers - C.
9. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Helmholtz - H.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Cannon - W.
10. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Eysenck - H.
Bekesy -G.
Kandel - E.
11. Founder of ego psychology
Eagly - A.
McClelland - D.
Schachter - S.
Freud - A.
12. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Luria - A.
von Frisch - K.
Thurstone - L.
Adler - A.
13. Object-relations theorist
Kelly - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
Lorenz - K.
Cattell - R.
14. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Zimbardo - P.
Janis - I.
Eysenck - H.
Sherif - M.
15. Studied attitude change
Berkeley - G.
Hovland - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Gibson - J.
16. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Premack - D.
Bem - S.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
17. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Klein - M.
Guilford - J.
Penfield - W.
Sherrington - C.
18. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Premack - D.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Luria - A.
Adler - A.
19. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Rotter - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Sheldon - W.
Janis - I.
20. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sherrington - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Kandel - E.
21. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Guilford - J.
Janis - I.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
22. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Horney - K.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Gardner - H.
Gibson - J.
23. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Sternberg - R.
Bartlett - F.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
24. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
McGuire - W.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Watson - J.
25. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Zimbardo - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Rogers - C.
Witkin - H.
26. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Sherif - M.
Bandura - A.
Darwin - C.
Miller - G.
27. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Erikson - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
28. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Whorf - B.
McGuire - W.
Rotter - J.
Bandura - A.
29. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Janis - I.
Wolpe - J.
Spearman - C.
30. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Cattell - R.
Sternberg - R.
Hering - E.
Zimbardo - P.
31. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sherrington - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
32. 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
Guilford - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Gardner - H.
Penfield - W.
33. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
McGuire - W.
Bem - S.
Sheldon - W.
Festinger - L.
34. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Heider - F.
Lerner - M.
Milgram - S.
Fechner - G.
35. Critic of trait theories of personality
Miller - G.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Mischel - W.
Bem - D.
36. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
James - W. and Lange - C.
Gardner - H.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Heider - F.
37. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Berkeley - G.
Mahler - M.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
38. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sternberg - R.
39. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Freud - A.
Lewin - K.
Bem - D.
Witkin - H.
40. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Helmholtz - H.
Thurstone - L.
41. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Asch - S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Bem - D.
42. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Ebbinghaus - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Skinner - B.F.
43. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Kelly - G.
Rogers - C.
Bem - D.
Freud - S.
44. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Kelly - G.
McGuire - W.
Asch - S.
45. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Wolpe - J.
Hering - E.
Whorf - B.
Bartlett - F.
46. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Klein - M.
Premack - D.
Watson - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
47. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Freud - S.
McClelland - D.
Gardner - H.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
48. Object-relations theorist
Bem - S.
Mahler - M.
Chomsky - N.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
49. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Swets - John A.
Sherif - M.
Wolpe - J.
Mischel - W.
50. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Cattell - R.
Maslow - A.