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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Zajonc. R.
Watson - J.
2. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Chomsky - N.
Bandura - A.
Luria - A.
3. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Asch - S.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Bem - S.
4. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Kohler - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Asch - S.
Sherif - M.
5. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Luria - A.
Berkeley - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sternberg - R.
6. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Pavlov - I.
Miller - G.
7. 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.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Miller - G.
Wilson - E. O.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
8. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gibson - J.
Wernicke - C.
Bekesy -G.
Chomsky - N.
9. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Zajonc. R.
Sheldon - W.
Wernicke - C.
Zimbardo - P.
10. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Skinner - B.F.
Asch - S.
Spearman - C.
Mahler - M.
11. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Fechner - G.
Paivio - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Maslow - A.
12. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
McClelland - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Mahler - M.
von Frisch - K.
13. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Adler - A.
Milgram - S.
Eagly - A.
Freud - A.
14. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Luchins - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
15. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Mahler - M.
Zajonc. R.
McClelland - D.
Eysenck - H.
16. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Zimbardo - P.
Bandura - A.
Eysenck - H.
Wilson - E. O.
17. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Wolpe - J.
Lewin - K.
Cattell - R.
Swets - John A.
18. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gardner - H.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Jung - C.
19. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Helmholtz - H.
Bem - S.
Rogers - C.
Guilford - J.
20. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Witkin - H.
Garcia - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
21. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
McClelland - D.
Sheldon - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Heider - F.
22. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Eagly - A.
Rogers - C.
Schachter - S.
Mahler - M.
23. Studied insights in problem solving
Freud - A.
Loftus - E.
Kohler - W.
Kandel - E.
24. Object-relations theorist
Erikson - E.
Allport - G.
Chomsky - N.
Mahler - M.
25. 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
Maslow - A.
Helmholtz - H.
Asch - S.
Gardner - H.
26. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Freud - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Gardner - H.
Bem - D.
27. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Sherif - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
28. Developed sociobiology
Garcia - J.
Spearman - C.
Wilson - E. O.
Hering - E.
29. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Mahler - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Premack - D.
Rotter - J.
30. Studied political norms
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Milner - B.
Newcomb - T.
Stevens - S. S.
31. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Loftus - E.
Stevens - S. S.
Pavlov - I.
32. Founder of ego psychology
Kohler - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Freud - A.
Bekesy -G.
33. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Klein - M.
Spearman - C.
Sternberg - R.
Cattell - R.
34. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Berkeley - G.
McGuire - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
35. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Lerner - M.
Wilson - E. O.
Kelly - G.
Schachter - S.
36. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Bem - S.
Skinner - B.F.
Allport - G.
Horney - K.
37. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Kernberg - O.
Milgram - S.
Wilson - E. O.
Klein - M.
38. Object-relations theorist
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Chomsky - N.
Kernberg - O.
Erikson - E.
39. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Swets - John A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sternberg - R.
Hering - E.
40. Critic of trait theories of personality
Miller - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Mischel - W.
41. Object-relations theorist
Lerner - M.
Luchins - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
42. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Bem - S.
Luria - A.
43. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hering - E.
Bandura - A.
44. 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.
Jung - C.
Allport - G.
Watson - J.
Sherrington - C.
45. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Rotter - J.
Rogers - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
46. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Maslow - A.
Zajonc. R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Kernberg - O.
47. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Skinner - B.F.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Maslow - A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
48. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Milgram - S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Luria - A.
49. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Mischel - W.
Premack - D.
Wolpe - J.
Swets - John A.
50. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Lorenz - K.
Gibson - J.
Sherrington - C.