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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Darwin - C.
Broca - P.
Luchins - A.
2. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Hall - E.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Thorndike - E.
Ebbinghaus - H.
3. Critic of trait theories of personality
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Gardner - H.
Mischel - W.
Skinner - B.F.
4. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Luria - A.
Erikson - E.
5. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Lorenz - K.
Wilson - E. O.
Winnicott - D.W.
6. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Adler - A.
Witkin - H.
Whorf - B.
Guilford - J.
7. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Maslow - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Hall - E.
Janis - I.
8. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Eagly - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Whorf - B.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
9. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Bartlett - F.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Jung - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
10. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Rescorla - R.
Sperling - G.
Gibson - J.
James - W. and Lange - C.
11. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
McGuire - W.
Kelly - G.
Spearman - C.
Skinner - B.F.
12. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Bem - S.
Bem - D.
Adler - A.
13. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Klein - M.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Eagly - A.
Skinner - B.F.
14. Developed theory of isomorphism
Garcia - J.
Kohler - W.
Maslow - A.
Allport - G.
15. Studied observational learning
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Guilford - J.
Bandura - A.
Asch - S.
16. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Premack - D.
McGuire - W.
Mischel - W.
Bartlett - F.
17. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Stevens - S. S.
Bandura - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sternberg - R.
18. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Schachter - S.
Rogers - C.
Thorndike - E.
19. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Winnicott - D.W.
Bem - D.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
20. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Hall - E.
Paivio - A.
Thorndike - E.
Schachter - S.
21. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Gardner - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Freud - S.
Milgram - S.
22. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Cattell - R.
Kelly - G.
Milgram - S.
Asch - S.
23. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Skinner - B.F.
Chomsky - N.
Helmholtz - H.
Guilford - J.
24. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Zajonc. R.
Watson - J.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Rogers - C.
25. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Sternberg - R.
Maslow - A.
Rotter - J.
26. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Eysenck - H.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
von Frisch - K.
Bekesy -G.
27. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Fechner - G.
Rogers - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Wolpe - J.
28. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Eysenck - H.
Helmholtz - H.
Kernberg - O.
Stevens - S. S.
29. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Darwin - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sperling - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
30. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Bandura - A.
Eagly - A.
Allport - G.
Eysenck - H.
31. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Darwin - C.
Kohler - W.
Wernicke - C.
Lorenz - K.
32. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Zajonc. R.
Milner - B.
Paivio - A.
Darwin - C.
33. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Milgram - S.
Broca - P.
Cattell - R.
34. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Tinbergen - N.
Zimbardo - P.
Mischel - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
35. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Darwin - C.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Jung - C.
36. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Bem - S.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Whorf - B.
37. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S.
Lorenz - K.
Janis - I.
Heider - F.
38. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Miller - G.
Lerner - M.
Sternberg - R.
Loftus - E.
39. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Bekesy -G.
Adler - A.
Berkeley - G.
Sherif - M.
40. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Garcia - J.
Wolpe - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
41. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Bekesy -G.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Watson - J.
42. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Cattell - R.
Bandura - A.
Sternberg - R.
Tinbergen - N.
43. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Gibson - J.
Sperling - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Rescorla - R.
44. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Bem - D.
Paivio - A.
Guilford - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
45. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Maslow - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Whorf - B.
Miller - G.
46. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Miller - G.
Klein - M.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
47. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Gibson - J.
Kernberg - O.
Bandura - A.
48. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Lorenz - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sternberg - R.
49. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Eagly - A.
Lewin - K.
Spearman - C.
Cattell - R.
50. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Bartlett - F.
Erikson - E.
Lorenz - K.
Sherrington - C.