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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Hering - E.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Janis - I.
Darwin - C.
2. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Tinbergen - N.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Cattell - R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
3. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Chomsky - N.
Adler - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kandel - E.
4. Object-relations theorist
Luria - A.
Thorndike - E.
Kernberg - O.
Jung - C.
5. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Skinner - B.F.
Maslow - A.
Zajonc. R.
Miller - G.
6. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Bandura - A.
Thurstone - L.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Miller - G.
7. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Hovland - C.
Mahler - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Whorf - B.
8. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Berkeley - G.
Bekesy -G.
Schachter - S.
Zimbardo - P.
9. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Asch - S.
Berkeley - G.
Chomsky - N.
Maslow - A.
10. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sherrington - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
11. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Erikson - E.
Winnicott - D.W.
Rotter - J.
Tinbergen - N.
12. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Asch - S.
Bartlett - F.
Winnicott - D.W.
13. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Mahler - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Broca - P.
Bandura - A.
14. Founder of ego psychology
Kernberg - O.
Freud - A.
Lerner - M.
Witkin - H.
15. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Premack - D.
Watson - J.
Miller - G.
Cattell - R.
16. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Watson - J.
Kernberg - O.
Helmholtz - H.
Fechner - G.
17. Developed theory of isomorphism
Bem - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Gibson - J.
Kohler - W.
18. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Rogers - C.
Lewin - K.
Cattell - R.
Wernicke - C.
19. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Allport - G.
McGuire - W.
Hall - E.
Fechner - G.
20. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Lerner - M.
Sheldon - W.
Horney - K.
Maslow - A.
21. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Garcia - J.
Darwin - C.
Guilford - J.
Sperling - G.
22. Object-relations theorist
Rescorla - R.
Mahler - M.
Garcia - J.
Bandura - A.
23. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Pavlov - I.
Kohler - W.
Horney - K.
24. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Broadbent - D.
Sternberg - R.
Zimbardo - P.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
25. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
von Frisch - K.
Rescorla - R.
Horney - K.
26. Studied attitude change
Rogers - C.
Lorenz - K.
Hovland - C.
Mischel - W.
27. 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.
Stevens - S. S.
Lewin - K.
Berkeley - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
28. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Sternberg - R.
Jung - C.
29. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Spearman - C.
Bandura - A.
Bem - S.
30. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Cattell - R.
Garcia - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Bandura - A.
31. Critic of trait theories of personality
Berkeley - G.
Mischel - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kernberg - O.
32. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kohler - W.
Cattell - R.
Swets - John A.
33. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Heider - F.
Festinger - L.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
34. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Sherrington - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Winnicott - D.W.
Premack - D.
35. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Lerner - M.
Klein - M.
Cattell - R.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
36. 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
Hovland - C.
Gardner - H.
Bartlett - F.
Thorndike - E.
37. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Freud - S.
Rescorla - R.
Sheldon - W.
38. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sternberg - R.
Freud - S.
39. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Gardner - H.
Swets - John A.
Rogers - C.
40. Studied political norms
Lewin - K.
Darwin - C.
Newcomb - T.
Cattell - R.
41. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Rogers - C.
Broca - P.
Cattell - R.
Pavlov - I.
42. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Sherif - M.
Jung - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
43. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sherrington - C.
Hovland - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
44. Object-relations theorist
Kohler - W.
Klein - M.
Sheldon - W.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
45. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Zimbardo - P.
Eagly - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
46. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Lewin - K.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
47. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Kohler - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
48. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Kandel - E.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
49. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Eysenck - H.
50. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Schachter - S.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Festinger - L.
Zimbardo - P.