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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Stevens - S. S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Mahler - M.
2. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Mischel - W.
Darwin - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Bem - D.
3. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Maslow - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Helmholtz - H.
Berkeley - G.
4. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Stevens - S. S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Asch - S.
5. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Bekesy -G.
Milner - B.
Wilson - E. O.
McGuire - W.
6. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Schachter - S.
Watson - J.
Bandura - A.
Penfield - W.
7. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Adler - A.
Rogers - C.
Zimbardo - P.
8. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Cattell - R.
Eysenck - H.
Lorenz - K.
9. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses
Zajonc. R.
Cattell - R.
Paivio - A.
Heider - F.
10. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darwin - C.
Milner - B.
Rogers - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
11. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Milner - B.
Watson - J.
Sperling - G.
12. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Lewin - K.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
13. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Miller - G.
Thurstone - L.
Stevens - S. S.
Wolpe - J.
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
Chomsky - N.
Gardner - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
15. Object-relations theorist
Eysenck - H.
Kernberg - O.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Adler - A.
16. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Milner - B.
Gardner - H.
Sherif - M.
17. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Sherrington - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Luria - A.
Helmholtz - H.
18. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Wolpe - J.
Tinbergen - N.
Kelly - G.
19. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Kohler - W.
Cattell - R.
Zimbardo - P.
20. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Lerner - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Asch - S.
Sperling - G.
21. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Miller - G.
Thorndike - E.
Paivio - A.
22. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Mahler - M.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Horney - K.
Adler - A.
23. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Helmholtz - H.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Asch - S.
Wernicke - C.
24. Developed sociobiology
Lorenz - K.
Garcia - J.
Hall - E.
Wilson - E. O.
25. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Penfield - W.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Loftus - E.
Spearman - C.
26. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Watson - J.
Kohler - W.
Whorf - B.
Chomsky - N.
27. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Thurstone - L.
Bandura - A.
Wernicke - C.
Loftus - E.
28. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Bem - D.
Cattell - R.
Freud - S.
Witkin - H.
29. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Spearman - C.
Lewin - K.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Kernberg - O.
30. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sheldon - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Mischel - W.
31. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Wolpe - J.
Paivio - A.
Schachter - S.
Bekesy -G.
32. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Lorenz - K.
Bandura - A.
Stevens - S. S.
Bem - D.
33. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Bandura - A.
Adler - A.
McClelland - D.
Lerner - M.
34. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Milgram - S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Lewin - K.
Whorf - B.
35. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Sherrington - C.
Whorf - B.
Kohler - W.
36. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Garcia - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
37. Object-relations theorist
Rotter - J.
Mahler - M.
Eysenck - H.
Premack - D.
38. Studied locus of control
Kandel - E.
Freud - A.
Rotter - J.
Mahler - M.
39. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Milgram - S.
Bem - S.
Erikson - E.
Penfield - W.
40. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Premack - D.
Penfield - W.
Hering - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.
41. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Cattell - R.
Rescorla - R.
Wolpe - J.
Asch - S.
42. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Klein - M.
Loftus - E.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wernicke - C.
43. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Eagly - A.
Swets - John A.
44. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Rotter - J.
Tinbergen - N.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kohler - W.
45. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Sternberg - R.
Milgram - S.
Schachter - S.
Hovland - C.
46. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Whorf - B.
Chomsky - N.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Stevens - S. S.
47. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.
Darwin - C.
Jung - C.
Sperling - G.
McGuire - W.
48. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Sherrington - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Bekesy -G.
49. Proposed filter theory of attention
Horney - K.
Hering - E.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Broadbent - D.
50. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Erikson - E.
Thurstone - L.
Lewin - K.
Whorf - B.