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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Mischel - W.
Gardner - H.
Zajonc. R.
2. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Tinbergen - N.
McGuire - W.
Thorndike - E.
Mahler - M.
3. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Bem - S.
Freud - S.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Loftus - E.
4. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Helmholtz - H.
Mischel - W.
Sternberg - R.
5. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Garcia - J.
Hall - E.
6. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Chomsky - N.
Allport - G.
7. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Thorndike - E.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
8. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Kandel - E.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bartlett - F.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
9. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Hovland - C.
Festinger - L.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Eysenck - H.
10. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Horney - K.
Kernberg - O.
Paivio - A.
Hering - E.
11. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Whorf - B.
von Frisch - K.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
12. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Thorndike - E.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Guilford - J.
Zimbardo - P.
13. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Fechner - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Schachter - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
14. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Schachter - S.
McClelland - D.
Whorf - B.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
15. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Kernberg - O.
16. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Lorenz - K.
Horney - K.
Winnicott - D.W.
Janis - I.
17. Studied insights in problem solving
Ebbinghaus - H.
Lewin - K.
Cannon - W.
Kohler - W.
18. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kernberg - O.
Fechner - G.
19. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Paivio - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Bandura - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
20. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
von Frisch - K.
Lerner - M.
Cattell - R.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
21. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Bartlett - F.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Witkin - H.
22. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
James - W. and Lange - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Gardner - H.
Sheldon - W.
23. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Rogers - C.
Berkeley - G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Bandura - A.
24. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Kelly - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Berkeley - G.
25. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Witkin - H.
Stevens - S. S.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Eagly - A.
26. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Mischel - W.
Stevens - S. S.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
27. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Eysenck - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Spearman - C.
McGuire - W.
28. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Horney - K.
von Frisch - K.
Lorenz - K.
Jung - C.
29. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Spearman - C.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Darwin - C.
30. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
McGuire - W.
Lewin - K.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
31. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Rogers - C.
Penfield - W.
Broadbent - D.
32. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Gibson - J.
Schachter - S.
Milner - B.
Bandura - A.
33. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Festinger - L.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Bartlett - F.
Kelly - G.
34. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Schachter - S.
Pavlov - I.
Thurstone - L.
Eysenck - H.
35. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Sherif - M.
Cannon - W.
Bandura - A.
36. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Jung - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sperling - G.
Berkeley - G.
37. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Mischel - W.
Witkin - H.
Wolpe - J.
38. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Hall - E.
Bandura - A.
Paivio - A.
Broadbent - D.
39. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Wolpe - J.
Maslow - A.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Broca - P.
40. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Fechner - G.
Watson - J.
Helmholtz - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
41. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Broadbent - D.
Broca - P.
Garcia - J.
Whorf - B.
42. Studied political norms
Schachter - S.
Darwin - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Newcomb - T.
43. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Sheldon - W.
Bekesy -G.
Cannon - W.
Garcia - J.
44. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Paivio - A.
Zimbardo - P.
Kandel - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
45. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Wernicke - C.
Kelly - G.
Kohler - W.
Horney - K.
46. 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.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Cattell - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Jung - C.
47. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Hovland - C.
Kelly - G.
Sternberg - R.
Broca - P.
48. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Lewin - K.
Paivio - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Sherrington - C.
49. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Rescorla - R.
Lewin - K.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Mischel - W.
50. Studied observational learning
Berkeley - G.
Bem - S.
Loftus - E.
Bandura - A.