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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Freud - S.
Watson - J.
Milner - B.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
2. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Rogers - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Horney - K.
Klein - M.
3. Object-relations theorist
Janis - I.
Winnicott - D.W.
Guilford - J.
Broca - P.
4. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Mahler - M.
Winnicott - D.W.
Lewin - K.
5. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Guilford - J.
Cannon - W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
6. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Zajonc. R.
Bandura - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Thorndike - E.
7. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Milgram - S.
Eysenck - H.
Garcia - J.
Lorenz - K.
8. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Kandel - E.
Luria - A.
Milner - B.
Cattell - R.
9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Janis - I.
Skinner - B.F.
Schachter - S.
Mahler - M.
10. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Spearman - C.
Janis - I.
Freud - S.
Broca - P.
11. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Sherif - M.
Penfield - W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
12. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bekesy -G.
Fechner - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Bem - S.
13. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Chomsky - N.
Tinbergen - N.
Rescorla - R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
14. 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
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Gardner - H.
Maslow - A.
Cattell - R.
15. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Maslow - A.
Bem - D.
Wernicke - C.
Swets - John A.
16. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Bandura - A.
Loftus - E.
Rogers - C.
17. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Winnicott - D.W.
Sheldon - W.
18. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Gardner - H.
Bekesy -G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
von Frisch - K.
19. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Miller - G.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Sperling - G.
20. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Lorenz - K.
Whorf - B.
Heider - F.
Janis - I.
21. Proposed filter theory of attention
Guilford - J.
Broadbent - D.
Thorndike - E.
Thurstone - L.
22. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Lerner - M.
Bem - D.
Penfield - W.
Spearman - C.
23. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
McGuire - W.
Premack - D.
Garcia - J.
Sherif - M.
24. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Asch - S.
Paivio - A.
Kohler - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
25. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Kelly - G.
Asch - S.
Penfield - W.
Janis - I.
26. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Witkin - H.
Milner - B.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
27. Studied observational learning
Kernberg - O.
Bandura - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Mahler - M.
28. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Sheldon - W.
McClelland - D.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Horney - K.
29. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Gardner - H.
Rescorla - R.
Klein - M.
Wilson - E. O.
30. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Sperling - G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Maslow - A.
31. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Lerner - M.
Eysenck - H.
Chomsky - N.
Skinner - B.F.
32. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Erikson - E.
Kernberg - O.
Tinbergen - N.
Garcia - J.
33. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Winnicott - D.W.
Pavlov - I.
Swets - John A.
34. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Asch - S.
Cattell - R.
Skinner - B.F.
35. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Spearman - C.
Schachter - S.
36. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Bem - S.
Sternberg - R.
37. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Hall - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Kernberg - O.
38. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Winnicott - D.W.
Luchins - A.
Luria - A.
Klein - M.
39. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Penfield - W.
Luchins - A.
Tinbergen - N.
40. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Garcia - J.
Freud - S.
Berkeley - G.
Paivio - A.
41. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Gibson - J.
Hovland - C.
Erikson - E.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
42. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Watson - J.
Cattell - R.
Broadbent - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
43. Developed sociobiology
Milgram - S.
Sperling - G.
Schachter - S.
Wilson - E. O.
44. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Rogers - C.
Wernicke - C.
Rescorla - R.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
45. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Maslow - A.
Adler - A.
Freud - S.
46. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Gardner - H.
Sheldon - W.
Heider - F.
Jung - C.
47. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Zajonc. R.
Thorndike - E.
Wilson - E. O.
48. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Maslow - A.
Garcia - J.
Premack - D.
49. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Sherif - M.
Helmholtz - H.
Adler - A.
Bartlett - F.
50. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Zimbardo - P.
Premack - D.
Berkeley - G.