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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Rescorla - R.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Thurstone - L.
Penfield - W.
2. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Freud - A.
Eysenck - H.
Wilson - E. O.
Chomsky - N.
3. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Garcia - J.
Hering - E.
Zimbardo - P.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
4. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Bartlett - F.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Berkeley - G.
Jung - C.
5. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Broadbent - D.
Lerner - M.
Watson - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
6. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Thurstone - L.
Eagly - A.
7. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Cattell - R.
Bem - D.
Sperling - G.
Paivio - A.
8. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Whorf - B.
Freud - S.
9. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Janis - I.
Freud - S.
Kohler - W.
10. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Stevens - S. S.
Hering - E.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Rogers - C.
11. Critic of trait theories of personality
Asch - S.
Thurstone - L.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Mischel - W.
12. 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
Kohler - W.
Klein - M.
Zajonc. R.
Helmholtz - H.
13. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Janis - I.
Freud - S.
Broadbent - D.
Hering - E.
14. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Rogers - C.
Lewin - K.
Bartlett - F.
von Frisch - K.
15. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Skinner - B.F.
Wolpe - J.
McClelland - D.
Eysenck - H.
16. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Winnicott - D.W.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Helmholtz - H.
Sperling - G.
17. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Guilford - J.
Bandura - A.
Wilson - E. O.
18. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Spearman - C.
Broadbent - D.
Luchins - A.
19. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Broca - P.
Premack - D.
Heider - F.
Tinbergen - N.
20. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Freud - S.
Sherif - M.
Bartlett - F.
21. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Allport - G.
McClelland - D.
Cannon - W.
Milgram - S.
22. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Festinger - L.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Freud - A.
McGuire - W.
23. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Sternberg - R.
Mischel - W.
Spearman - C.
24. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Rogers - C.
Kernberg - O.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Milner - B.
25. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Allport - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Lorenz - K.
26. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Lerner - M.
Klein - M.
Festinger - L.
Schachter - S.
27. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Janis - I.
Bem - S.
Zajonc. R.
28. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Milgram - S.
Bem - S.
Heider - F.
29. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Whorf - B.
Milgram - S.
Adler - A.
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.
Broca - P.
Sperling - G.
Kandel - E.
31. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Erikson - E.
Hering - E.
Skinner - B.F.
32. 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.
Sherrington - C.
Darwin - C.
Cannon - W.
33. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Winnicott - D.W.
Sperling - G.
Kandel - E.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
34. 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.
Kelly - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Hering - E.
35. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Berkeley - G.
Thorndike - E.
Paivio - A.
Maslow - A.
36. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Swets - John A.
von Frisch - K.
Lerner - M.
37. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Mahler - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
38. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Festinger - L.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Heider - F.
39. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Guilford - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
40. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Wilson - E. O.
Bandura - A.
Hovland - C.
41. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Skinner - B.F.
Lerner - M.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Broca - P.
42. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Cattell - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
Hall - E.
Stevens - S. S.
43. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
McGuire - W.
Freud - S.
Eysenck - H.
44. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Broca - P.
Thurstone - L.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
45. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Zajonc. R.
Cannon - W.
Bandura - A.
Swets - John A.
46. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Allport - G.
Maslow - A.
Guilford - J.
Garcia - J.
47. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
McClelland - D.
Freud - S.
48. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Freud - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Bekesy -G.
49. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Berkeley - G.
Paivio - A.
Pavlov - I.
50. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Broadbent - D.
Stevens - S. S.
Rogers - C.