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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Garcia - J.
Sherrington - C.
2. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Eagly - A.
3. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Rogers - C.
Zajonc. R.
Schachter - S.
Rotter - J.
4. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Allport - G.
Premack - D.
Stevens - S. S.
Sherrington - C.
5. 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.
Rogers - C.
Schachter - S.
Jung - C.
Milgram - S.
6. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Bandura - A.
Bekesy -G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Skinner - B.F.
7. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Kelly - G.
Zajonc. R.
Erikson - E.
Garcia - J.
8. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Ebbinghaus - H.
Cattell - R.
Watson - J.
Guilford - J.
9. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Lerner - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Freud - S.
Maslow - A.
10. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Wernicke - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
11. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Chomsky - N.
Schachter - S.
Heider - F.
Pavlov - I.
12. Object-relations theorist
Kelly - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
Asch - S.
Luria - A.
13. Studied insights in problem solving
Kandel - E.
Kohler - W.
Sherrington - C.
Jung - C.
14. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Jung - C.
Lorenz - K.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Darwin - C.
15. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Horney - K.
Sternberg - R.
Kernberg - O.
Milgram - S.
16. 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.
Schachter - S.
Paivio - A.
Asch - S.
17. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Maslow - A.
Milgram - S.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Chomsky - N.
18. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Fechner - G.
19. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Whorf - B.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Maslow - A.
20. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Stevens - S. S.
Watson - J.
Thorndike - E.
21. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Kelly - G.
von Frisch - K.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Pavlov - I.
22. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Wernicke - C.
von Frisch - K.
Wolpe - J.
Rescorla - R.
23. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Bandura - A.
Rogers - C.
Sternberg - R.
24. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Eagly - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Bandura - A.
25. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Sheldon - W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Bekesy -G.
Lerner - M.
26. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sherif - M.
Swets - John A.
Adler - A.
27. Developed sociobiology
Luchins - A.
Hering - E.
Asch - S.
Wilson - E. O.
28. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Helmholtz - H.
Bandura - A.
Spearman - C.
29. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Loftus - E.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Bartlett - F.
30. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Sherrington - C.
Kandel - E.
Zimbardo - P.
31. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Cattell - R.
Penfield - W.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
32. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Loftus - E.
Janis - I.
Zimbardo - P.
Penfield - W.
33. Studied locus of control
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Stevens - S. S.
Schachter - S.
Rotter - J.
34. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Darwin - C.
35. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Loftus - E.
Cannon - W.
Broadbent - D.
Cattell - R.
36. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Kohler - W.
Guilford - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Milner - B.
37. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Skinner - B.F.
Watson - J.
Lewin - K.
McGuire - W.
38. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Whorf - B.
Kandel - E.
Milner - B.
Luria - A.
39. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Witkin - H.
Eysenck - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
40. Object-relations theorist
Garcia - J.
Allport - G.
Witkin - H.
Kernberg - O.
41. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Winnicott - D.W.
Fechner - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Sherif - M.
42. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Stevens - S. S.
Eagly - A.
Kelly - G.
43. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Whorf - B.
Asch - S.
Sherrington - C.
Miller - G.
44. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Milner - B.
Lorenz - K.
Bekesy -G.
45. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Swets - John A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Erikson - E.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
46. 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.
Erikson - E.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
McClelland - D.
Allport - G.
47. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Garcia - J.
Bandura - A.
Sheldon - W.
48. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sherrington - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Allport - G.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
49. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Adler - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Lewin - K.
50. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Paivio - A.
Pavlov - I.
Thurstone - L.
Chomsky - N.
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