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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Lewin - K.
Bartlett - F.
Sheldon - W.
Luria - A.
2. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Asch - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Eysenck - H.
3. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Zimbardo - P.
Guilford - J.
Hering - E.
Freud - S.
4. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
McClelland - D.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Skinner - B.F.
5. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Schachter - S.
Milner - B.
von Frisch - K.
Skinner - B.F.
6. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Zimbardo - P.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Kelly - G.
Freud - S.
7. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Thorndike - E.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Adler - A.
8. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Premack - D.
Bem - D.
9. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Stevens - S. S.
von Frisch - K.
Ebbinghaus - H.
10. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Schachter - S.
Eysenck - H.
Thorndike - E.
Sperling - G.
11. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
Loftus - E.
Kandel - E.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
12. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Ebbinghaus - H.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Garcia - J.
Zimbardo - P.
13. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Gardner - H.
Zajonc. R.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Hering - E.
14. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Gibson - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Sternberg - R.
Horney - K.
15. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Ebbinghaus - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Klein - M.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
16. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Mahler - M.
Bekesy -G.
Cattell - R.
von Frisch - K.
17. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Tinbergen - N.
Sperling - G.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
18. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Zajonc. R.
Stevens - S. S.
Sheldon - W.
Newcomb - T.
19. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Schachter - S.
Zimbardo - P.
Sherif - M.
Heider - F.
20. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
von Frisch - K.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Luchins - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
21. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Klein - M.
Milgram - S.
Mahler - M.
Freud - S.
22. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Lewin - K.
Sternberg - R.
Broca - P.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
23. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Sherrington - C.
Spearman - C.
McClelland - D.
Luria - A.
24. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Loftus - E.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Mahler - M.
McGuire - W.
25. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Rescorla - R.
Cattell - R.
Lewin - K.
26. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Broca - P.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Bekesy -G.
27. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Zajonc. R.
Newcomb - T.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Rogers - C.
28. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Milgram - S.
Lorenz - K.
Skinner - B.F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
29. Studied attitude change
Rescorla - R.
Swets - John A.
Hovland - C.
Festinger - L.
30. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Newcomb - T.
Freud - S.
Wolpe - J.
31. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Wernicke - C.
Bem - D.
Winnicott - D.W.
Darwin - C.
32. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Bandura - A.
Horney - K.
Lewin - K.
Asch - S.
33. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Asch - S.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sheldon - W.
34. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Stevens - S. S.
Adler - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
35. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Garcia - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
36. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Bandura - A.
Broca - P.
Sperling - G.
37. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Bartlett - F.
Jung - C.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
38. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Festinger - L.
Berkeley - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
39. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Heider - F.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kohler - W.
Rescorla - R.
40. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
Thurstone - L.
Garcia - J.
Sherrington - C.
41. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Chomsky - N.
Freud - A.
Helmholtz - H.
Klein - M.
42. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Fechner - G.
Kohler - W.
Wolpe - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
43. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Rotter - J.
Eagly - A.
von Frisch - K.
Ebbinghaus - H.
44. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Luchins - A.
Berkeley - G.
Klein - M.
Horney - K.
45. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
von Frisch - K.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Asch - S.
Maslow - A.
46. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Wolpe - J.
Kandel - E.
Asch - S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
47. Studied insights in problem solving
McGuire - W.
Helmholtz - H.
Kelly - G.
Kohler - W.
48. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Gardner - H.
Klein - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
49. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Bandura - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Horney - K.
50. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Asch - S.
Kohler - W.
Swets - John A.
McGuire - W.