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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Festinger - L.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Penfield - W.
Fechner - G.
2. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bekesy -G.
Rescorla - R.
Bem - D.
Wolpe - J.
3. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Sheldon - W.
Kohler - W.
Zimbardo - P.
4. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Ebbinghaus - H.
McClelland - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Jung - C.
5. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Gardner - H.
Lewin - K.
Maslow - A.
6. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Kernberg - O.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kohler - W.
7. Object-relations theorist
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kernberg - O.
Ebbinghaus - H.
McGuire - W.
8. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Lewin - K.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
von Frisch - K.
9. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Sherif - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Mahler - M.
10. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Mischel - W.
Broca - P.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
11. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Freud - A.
Horney - K.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Tinbergen - N.
12. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Thorndike - E.
Loftus - E.
Luria - A.
Pavlov - I.
13. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Tinbergen - N.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Watson - J.
Asch - S.
14. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Freud - S.
Cattell - R.
McGuire - W.
15. Critic of trait theories of personality
Cattell - R.
Newcomb - T.
McGuire - W.
Mischel - W.
16. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Cannon - W.
Bartlett - F.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Schachter - S.
17. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Bartlett - F.
Hall - E.
Kandel - E.
18. Proposed gate theory of pain
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hering - E.
Newcomb - T.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
19. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Gardner - H.
Sheldon - W.
20. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Mahler - M.
Kernberg - O.
Fechner - G.
21. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Tinbergen - N.
Milgram - S.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Mischel - W.
22. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Rogers - C.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Pavlov - I.
Heider - F.
23. 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.
Paivio - A.
Thorndike - E.
Luria - A.
24. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Lewin - K.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Winnicott - D.W.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
25. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Adler - A.
Eagly - A.
Cannon - W.
Erikson - E.
26. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Newcomb - T.
Asch - S.
Winnicott - D.W.
Thorndike - E.
27. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Winnicott - D.W.
Skinner - B.F.
Thorndike - E.
Lorenz - K.
28. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Heider - F.
Watson - J.
Whorf - B.
Adler - A.
29. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Luchins - A.
Rotter - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
30. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Sherrington - C.
Heider - F.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
31. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Adler - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Watson - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
32. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Gibson - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Paivio - A.
33. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Thurstone - L.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sternberg - R.
34. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Watson - J.
McGuire - W.
Witkin - H.
35. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
James - W. and Lange - C.
Gibson - J.
Wernicke - C.
Garcia - J.
36. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Freud - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Witkin - H.
Tinbergen - N.
37. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Miller - G.
Lerner - M.
38. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Garcia - J.
Janis - I.
Miller - G.
39. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Eysenck - H.
Gardner - H.
Premack - D.
Kandel - E.
40. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Rotter - J.
Kernberg - O.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Spearman - C.
41. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Stevens - S. S.
Witkin - H.
Sherrington - C.
Sperling - G.
42. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Cattell - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Lewin - K.
43. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Berkeley - G.
Darwin - C.
Fechner - G.
Heider - F.
44. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Mahler - M.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Milgram - S.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
45. 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.
Eagly - A.
Horney - K.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Gardner - H.
46. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Broadbent - D.
Allport - G.
Wernicke - C.
47. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Rescorla - R.
Spearman - C.
Thurstone - L.
Premack - D.
48. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Skinner - B.F.
Whorf - B.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
49. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Ebbinghaus - H.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Bekesy -G.
50. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Thorndike - E.
Sternberg - R.