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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Rogers - C.
Sperling - G.
Wernicke - C.
2. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Rogers - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Stevens - S. S.
3. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Zimbardo - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Swets - John A.
Rescorla - R.
4. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Milner - B.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Bandura - A.
5. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Eagly - A.
Helmholtz - H.
Paivio - A.
6. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Ebbinghaus - H.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Whorf - B.
Spearman - C.
7. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Chomsky - N.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Zajonc. R.
8. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Mahler - M.
Chomsky - N.
Pavlov - I.
Skinner - B.F.
9. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Wilson - E. O.
Bem - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
10. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
11. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Chomsky - N.
Eagly - A.
Wolpe - J.
Jung - C.
12. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Gardner - H.
Hering - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
13. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Zimbardo - P.
Eagly - A.
Rogers - C.
Skinner - B.F.
14. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Paivio - A.
Horney - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Thurstone - L.
15. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
von Frisch - K.
Thurstone - L.
Maslow - A.
Rogers - C.
16. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kelly - G.
17. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Heider - F.
Bartlett - F.
Spearman - C.
Stevens - S. S.
18. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Lerner - M.
Bem - S.
Maslow - A.
19. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Sperling - G.
Tinbergen - N.
Hering - E.
20. 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.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Fechner - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
21. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Kernberg - O.
Eagly - A.
Fechner - G.
Stevens - S. S.
22. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Stevens - S. S.
Rescorla - R.
23. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Watson - J.
Miller - G.
Garcia - J.
Maslow - A.
24. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Tinbergen - N.
Milgram - S.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
25. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Garcia - J.
Janis - I.
Cannon - W.
Darwin - C.
26. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Rescorla - R.
Cattell - R.
27. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Premack - D.
Fechner - G.
Berkeley - G.
28. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Luchins - A.
McGuire - W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Bekesy -G.
29. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Festinger - L.
Hall - E.
Loftus - E.
Heider - F.
30. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Asch - S.
Luria - A.
Premack - D.
Swets - John A.
31. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Wilson - E. O.
Hall - E.
Kohler - W.
32. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Premack - D.
Wernicke - C.
Janis - I.
33. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Mischel - W.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
34. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Newcomb - T.
Rotter - J.
Darwin - C.
Sherrington - C.
35. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Broca - P.
Penfield - W.
Cattell - R.
Newcomb - T.
36. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
von Frisch - K.
Lewin - K.
Milner - B.
Zimbardo - P.
37. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Bandura - A.
Lerner - M.
Winnicott - D.W.
38. Founder of ego psychology
Loftus - E.
Freud - A.
Pavlov - I.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
39. Proposed gate theory of pain
Loftus - E.
Swets - John A.
Kohler - W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
40. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Erikson - E.
Thorndike - E.
Berkeley - G.
Watson - J.
41. Studied locus of control
Garcia - J.
Rotter - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Luria - A.
42. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Paivio - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Kohler - W.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
43. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Winnicott - D.W.
Wolpe - J.
Spearman - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
44. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Pavlov - I.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Wernicke - C.
Janis - I.
45. 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.
Wernicke - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Jung - C.
Hall - E.
46. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Sheldon - W.
Lewin - K.
Helmholtz - H.
Asch - S.
47. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Whorf - B.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Ebbinghaus - H.
48. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Bartlett - F.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wolpe - J.
Wilson - E. O.
49. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Guilford - J.
Mischel - W.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
50. Studied attitude change
Darwin - C.
Kernberg - O.
Lewin - K.
Hovland - C.
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