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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Luria - A.
Adler - A.
Bekesy -G.
2. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Berkeley - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Mahler - M.
3. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Luria - A.
Bandura - A.
Paivio - A.
Kohler - W.
4. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Rotter - J.
Kandel - E.
Festinger - L.
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
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Whorf - B.
Garcia - J.
6. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Wolpe - J.
Whorf - B.
Witkin - H.
Rogers - C.
7. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Horney - K.
von Frisch - K.
Paivio - A.
8. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lorenz - K.
Sternberg - R.
Eagly - A.
Lerner - M.
9. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Watson - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Whorf - B.
10. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Bartlett - F.
Kelly - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
11. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kernberg - O.
Chomsky - N.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
12. Object-relations theorist
Lorenz - K.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Klein - M.
Skinner - B.F.
13. Critic of trait theories of personality
Festinger - L.
Mischel - W.
Cattell - R.
Broadbent - D.
14. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
McClelland - D.
Whorf - B.
Swets - John A.
15. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bem - S.
Sherif - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
16. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Cattell - R.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Horney - K.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
17. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
Horney - K.
Janis - I.
Milner - B.
18. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Sperling - G.
Freud - A.
Premack - D.
Swets - John A.
19. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Milgram - S.
Allport - G.
Gibson - J.
Paivio - A.
20. Proposed gate theory of pain
Bartlett - F.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Freud - A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
21. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Rotter - J.
Gardner - H.
Penfield - W.
22. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Garcia - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Bekesy -G.
James - W. and Lange - C.
23. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Lorenz - K.
Tinbergen - N.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Mahler - M.
24. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Mischel - W.
Kandel - E.
Wolpe - J.
Adler - A.
25. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Luchins - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Witkin - H.
Mischel - W.
26. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Eysenck - H.
Kernberg - O.
Allport - G.
27. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Maslow - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Asch - S.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
28. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Horney - K.
Cattell - R.
Berkeley - G.
Cannon - W.
29. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Schachter - S.
Mahler - M.
Winnicott - D.W.
30. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Skinner - B.F.
Milgram - S.
Erikson - E.
Sternberg - R.
31. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Swets - John A.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Cannon - W.
32. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Pavlov - I.
Cattell - R.
Penfield - W.
33. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
McGuire - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Premack - D.
34. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sherif - M.
Guilford - J.
Sperling - G.
Hovland - C.
35. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Eysenck - H.
Loftus - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
von Frisch - K.
36. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Kohler - W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bartlett - F.
37. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Mahler - M.
Premack - D.
Broca - P.
Luchins - A.
38. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Festinger - L.
Schachter - S.
Bandura - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
39. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Loftus - E.
Zajonc. R.
Heider - F.
40. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Freud - S.
Lerner - M.
Stevens - S. S.
Chomsky - N.
41. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Witkin - H.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
42. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
Berkeley - G.
Schachter - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
43. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Penfield - W.
Gardner - H.
44. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
45. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Guilford - J.
Penfield - W.
Skinner - B.F.
46. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Bekesy -G.
Witkin - H.
Kernberg - O.
47. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Eysenck - H.
Sternberg - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Klein - M.
48. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Lewin - K.
Gibson - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
von Frisch - K.
49. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Tinbergen - N.
Broadbent - D.
Rotter - J.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
50. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Rescorla - R.
Heider - F.
Hall - E.
Schachter - S.