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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Object-relations theorist
Luria - A.
Allport - G.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Mahler - M.
2. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Loftus - E.
Rogers - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Luchins - A.
3. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Horney - K.
Kandel - E.
Penfield - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
4. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Eysenck - H.
Loftus - E.
Bekesy -G.
Kelly - G.
5. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Premack - D.
Klein - M.
Sherif - M.
Cattell - R.
6. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Newcomb - T.
Milgram - S.
Winnicott - D.W.
7. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Premack - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Janis - I.
McClelland - D.
8. Studied political norms
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Newcomb - T.
Thorndike - E.
9. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Skinner - B.F.
Premack - D.
Tinbergen - N.
Erikson - E.
10. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Klein - M.
Bandura - A.
Skinner - B.F.
11. Developed theory of isomorphism
Tinbergen - N.
Kohler - W.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Berkeley - G.
12. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Klein - M.
Schachter - S.
Skinner - B.F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
13. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Whorf - B.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Bartlett - F.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
14. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
Newcomb - T.
Winnicott - D.W.
McClelland - D.
15. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Kelly - G.
Luchins - A.
16. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Hall - E.
Klein - M.
Swets - John A.
Luria - A.
17. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Maslow - A.
Fechner - G.
Garcia - J.
Hering - E.
18. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Sternberg - R.
Hall - E.
Berkeley - G.
19. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Maslow - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
20. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Pavlov - I.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Thurstone - L.
Skinner - B.F.
21. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Freud - S.
Gardner - H.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
22. Studied attitude change
Gardner - H.
Hovland - C.
Skinner - B.F.
McGuire - W.
23. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Darwin - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Eagly - A.
24. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Cattell - R.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
25. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Rotter - J.
Sherrington - C.
Gardner - H.
26. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Spearman - C.
Janis - I.
Cannon - W.
27. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Zimbardo - P.
Spearman - C.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
28. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
von Frisch - K.
Allport - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Eysenck - H.
29. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Sperling - G.
Klein - M.
Kandel - E.
30. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Zajonc. R.
Gardner - H.
Fechner - G.
Premack - D.
31. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Heider - F.
Fechner - G.
Asch - S.
Gardner - H.
32. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Adler - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Lewin - K.
Milner - B.
33. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Janis - I.
34. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Festinger - L.
Swets - John A.
Wolpe - J.
35. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gibson - J.
Wilson - E. O.
Eysenck - H.
Kandel - E.
36. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Janis - I.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Hering - E.
37. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Darwin - C.
Bandura - A.
Wilson - E. O.
Sheldon - W.
38. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Premack - D.
Luria - A.
Cattell - R.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
39. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Gardner - H.
Gibson - J.
von Frisch - K.
Helmholtz - H.
40. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Erikson - E.
Schachter - S.
Cannon - W.
41. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Skinner - B.F.
Gardner - H.
Gibson - J.
Horney - K.
42. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Kohler - W.
Newcomb - T.
Guilford - J.
Fechner - G.
43. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Gibson - J.
Stevens - S. S.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Bandura - A.
44. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Cattell - R.
Chomsky - N.
Pavlov - I.
Wernicke - C.
45. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Bekesy -G.
Wilson - E. O.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
46. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Maslow - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Jung - C.
47. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Stevens - S. S.
Bandura - A.
Kohler - W.
48. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Gardner - H.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Milner - B.
Rotter - J.
49. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Bartlett - F.
McGuire - W.
Hovland - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
50. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Lorenz - K.
Stevens - S. S.
Darwin - C.