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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. 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.
Thurstone - L.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
2. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Hovland - C.
Janis - I.
Premack - D.
3. Founder of ego psychology
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Freud - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
4. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Maslow - A.
Watson - J.
Sperling - G.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
5. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Milgram - S.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Bandura - A.
Skinner - B.F.
6. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Kelly - G.
Luchins - A.
Sheldon - W.
Janis - I.
7. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Luchins - A.
Lewin - K.
Sperling - G.
Paivio - A.
8. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Watson - J.
Luchins - A.
Hall - E.
9. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Sherif - M.
Chomsky - N.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Gardner - H.
10. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Sperling - G.
Bandura - A.
Jung - C.
Lewin - K.
11. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Premack - D.
Broadbent - D.
Bem - D.
12. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Witkin - H.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Watson - J.
13. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sternberg - R.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bandura - A.
Luchins - A.
14. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Hering - E.
Guilford - J.
Hall - E.
15. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Miller - G.
Zimbardo - P.
Lerner - M.
Paivio - A.
16. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Kohler - W.
Thorndike - E.
Lorenz - K.
Gibson - J.
17. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Cattell - R.
Swets - John A.
Kohler - W.
Tinbergen - N.
18. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Bandura - A.
Horney - K.
19. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Cattell - R.
Broadbent - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bandura - A.
20. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Winnicott - D.W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Janis - I.
21. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Wilson - E. O.
22. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Fechner - G.
Miller - G.
James - W. and Lange - C.
23. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Pavlov - I.
Tinbergen - N.
Darwin - C.
Heider - F.
24. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kohler - W.
Cannon - W.
Wernicke - C.
25. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Pavlov - I.
Kelly - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kohler - W.
26. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Kandel - E.
Penfield - W.
Maslow - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
27. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Rotter - J.
Darwin - C.
Kelly - G.
Bekesy -G.
28. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Darwin - C.
Freud - S.
McGuire - W.
Sherrington - C.
29. Studied observational learning
Fechner - G.
Sherrington - C.
Bandura - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
30. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Pavlov - I.
Allport - G.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
31. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Cannon - W.
Wolpe - J.
32. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Whorf - B.
Jung - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
33. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Swets - John A.
Kohler - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
34. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Sherrington - C.
von Frisch - K.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Penfield - W.
35. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Whorf - B.
Wolpe - J.
Janis - I.
Thurstone - L.
36. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Tinbergen - N.
Sternberg - R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
37. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Jung - C.
Witkin - H.
Garcia - J.
Sternberg - R.
38. 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.
Rotter - J.
Cattell - R.
Sperling - G.
39. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Witkin - H.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Broca - P.
Milgram - S.
40. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Skinner - B.F.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Erikson - E.
41. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Spearman - C.
Milner - B.
Freud - S.
Eagly - A.
42. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Ebbinghaus - H.
Wernicke - C.
Schachter - S.
Bekesy -G.
43. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Zimbardo - P.
McGuire - W.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
44. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Milner - B.
Bartlett - F.
Guilford - J.
Jung - C.
45. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Bekesy -G.
Cannon - W.
Milner - B.
Tinbergen - N.
46. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Mahler - M.
Bekesy -G.
Sherrington - C.
47. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Adler - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Lerner - M.
48. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Witkin - H.
Premack - D.
Garcia - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
49. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Maslow - A.
Bandura - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Spearman - C.
50. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Bekesy -G.
Broadbent - D.
Sternberg - R.
Kandel - E.