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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Luchins - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Broadbent - D.
Fechner - G.
2. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Lorenz - K.
Skinner - B.F.
Bekesy -G.
Bem - S.
3. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Stevens - S. S.
Miller - G.
Bandura - A.
4. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Janis - I.
Witkin - H.
Jung - C.
5. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Kernberg - O.
Chomsky - N.
6. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Kernberg - O.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
7. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bekesy -G.
Bem - S.
Bartlett - F.
8. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Jung - C.
Heider - F.
Watson - J.
Wernicke - C.
9. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Thorndike - E.
Miller - G.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Premack - D.
10. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Bandura - A.
Darwin - C.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
11. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Mahler - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Broadbent - D.
12. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Allport - G.
Freud - S.
Eysenck - H.
13. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Freud - S.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Heider - F.
Thurstone - L.
14. Studied attitude change
Bartlett - F.
Helmholtz - H.
Hovland - C.
Milgram - S.
15. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Helmholtz - H.
Schachter - S.
Cattell - R.
Thurstone - L.
16. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Whorf - B.
Luria - A.
von Frisch - K.
Skinner - B.F.
17. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Eagly - A.
Bandura - A.
Eysenck - H.
18. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Asch - S.
Eysenck - H.
Kohler - W.
19. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Allport - G.
Guilford - J.
Penfield - W.
Watson - J.
20. Proposed gate theory of pain
Skinner - B.F.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Darwin - C.
Erikson - E.
21. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Gibson - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
22. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Adler - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Hovland - C.
Kandel - E.
23. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Adler - A.
Thurstone - L.
Zimbardo - P.
24. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Freud - A.
Luria - A.
Kohler - W.
25. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Wernicke - C.
Garcia - J.
26. Developed theory of isomorphism
Thurstone - L.
Bandura - A.
Kohler - W.
Luchins - A.
27. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Bem - D.
Lewin - K.
Rescorla - R.
28. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Bartlett - F.
Milgram - S.
Horney - K.
29. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Wolpe - J.
Horney - K.
Freud - S.
Freud - A.
30. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Rescorla - R.
Berkeley - G.
Garcia - J.
31. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Garcia - J.
Mahler - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
32. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Jung - C.
Broca - P.
Hall - E.
Lerner - M.
33. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Freud - S.
Cannon - W.
Witkin - H.
Luria - A.
34. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Eysenck - H.
Freud - S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hall - E.
35. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Cattell - R.
Hovland - C.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
36. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Heider - F.
Gibson - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
37. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Janis - I.
Swets - John A.
Bandura - A.
38. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Sperling - G.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Freud - S.
39. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Bem - D.
Milner - B.
McClelland - D.
40. Founder of ego psychology
Bandura - A.
Freud - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Pavlov - I.
41. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Eysenck - H.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Skinner - B.F.
42. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Hovland - C.
Bekesy -G.
Kelly - G.
Tinbergen - N.
43. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Maslow - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Schachter - S.
Tinbergen - N.
44. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Festinger - L.
Bem - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bandura - A.
45. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Rogers - C.
Witkin - H.
Maslow - A.
Eysenck - H.
46. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Thurstone - L.
Chomsky - N.
Lerner - M.
Kohler - W.
47. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Asch - S.
Penfield - W.
Eagly - A.
McGuire - W.
48. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Freud - A.
Bem - D.
Eysenck - H.
49. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Rogers - C.
Asch - S.
Erikson - E.
Sherif - M.
50. 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.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Garcia - J.
Darwin - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.