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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied observational learning
Eysenck - H.
Bandura - A.
Bartlett - F.
Wernicke - C.

2. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Winnicott - D.W.
Kelly - G.
McClelland - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.

3. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Bartlett - F.
Cannon - W.
McClelland - D.
Festinger - L.

4. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Pavlov - I.
Wolpe - J.

5. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Festinger - L.
Cattell - R.
Schachter - S.
Whorf - B.

6. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Eysenck - H.
Sherrington - C.
Eagly - A.
Broca - P.

7. Object-relations theorist
Bem - D.
Spearman - C.
Freud - A.
Winnicott - D.W.

8. 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.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Hovland - C.
Chomsky - N.
Jung - C.

9. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Cannon - W.
Fechner - G.
Newcomb - T.

10. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Thurstone - L.
Wolpe - J.
Chomsky - N.
Schachter - S.

11. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Heider - F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Witkin - H.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.

12. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Helmholtz - H.
Gibson - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bandura - A.

13. Proposed gate theory of pain
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Thurstone - L.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Broca - P.

14. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
McClelland - D.
Horney - K.
Thorndike - E.
Sheldon - W.

15. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.

16. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Thorndike - E.
Penfield - W.
Broadbent - D.
Jung - C.

17. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Klein - M.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.

18. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Freud - S.

19. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Mahler - M.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Rescorla - R.
Guilford - J.

20. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Gibson - J.
Bem - D.
Heider - F.
Winnicott - D.W.

21. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Tinbergen - N.

22. Object-relations theorist
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Klein - M.
Hovland - C.

23. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Lewin - K.
Sperling - G.
Rescorla - R.

24. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Luria - A.
Hering - E.
Bekesy -G.
Wolpe - J.

25. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Thurstone - L.
Broca - P.
Skinner - B.F.
Heider - F.

26. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Bekesy -G.
Fechner - G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sternberg - R.

27. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Milner - B.
Maslow - A.
Spearman - C.

28. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Winnicott - D.W.
Sperling - G.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.

29. Developed theory of isomorphism
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Rescorla - R.
Mischel - W.
Kohler - W.

30. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Paivio - A.
Hering - E.
Newcomb - T.

31. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Broadbent - D.
McClelland - D.
Hall - E.
Helmholtz - H.

32. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Luria - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Hering - E.
Lewin - K.

33. Studied insights in problem solving
Miller - G.
Kohler - W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Spearman - C.

34. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Thurstone - L.
Chomsky - N.
Freud - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.

35. Object-relations theorist
Darwin - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Mahler - M.
Miller - G.

36. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Pavlov - I.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Fechner - G.
Zimbardo - P.

37. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Gibson - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Stevens - S. S.
Erikson - E.

38. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Kernberg - O.
Hall - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.

39. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Rogers - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Jung - C.

40. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Eagly - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Newcomb - T.

41. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Horney - K.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Miller - G.

42. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Luria - A.
Hovland - C.
Garcia - J.

43. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Sheldon - W.
McGuire - W.
Milner - B.

44. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Ebbinghaus - H.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kelly - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.

45. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Adler - A.
Watson - J.
Wolpe - J.
Maslow - A.

46. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Darwin - C.
Cattell - R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.

47. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Milner - B.
Cattell - R.
Cattell - R.

48. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Sperling - G.
Milner - B.
Fechner - G.
Thorndike - E.

49. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Watson - J.
Miller - G.
Sternberg - R.
Whorf - B.

50. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Skinner - B.F.
Sherif - M.
Witkin - H.
Ebbinghaus - H.