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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Kernberg - O.
Horney - K.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Darwin - C.
2. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Hall - E.
Kandel - E.
Freud - S.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
3. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Swets - John A.
Bandura - A.
Broca - P.
Darwin - C.
4. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Loftus - E.
Sherrington - C.
5. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Festinger - L.
Cattell - R.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Chomsky - N.
6. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Adler - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Loftus - E.
Wilson - E. O.
7. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Rotter - J.
Newcomb - T.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
8. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Heider - F.
Bandura - A.
Freud - S.
Cannon - W.
9. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
McClelland - D.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Newcomb - T.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
10. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Premack - D.
Allport - G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Lorenz - K.
11. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Wernicke - C.
Broadbent - D.
Milner - B.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
12. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Paivio - A.
Zajonc. R.
Milgram - S.
Maslow - A.
13. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Fechner - G.
Berkeley - G.
14. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Ebbinghaus - H.
Sperling - G.
Sherrington - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
15. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Darwin - C.
Loftus - E.
Fechner - G.
Bem - D.
16. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Erikson - E.
Bekesy -G.
Loftus - E.
Pavlov - I.
17. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Darwin - C.
Hall - E.
Zajonc. R.
Wolpe - J.
18. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Rescorla - R.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Gibson - J.
Allport - G.
19. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
Rogers - C.
Lerner - M.
Hall - E.
20. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wilson - E. O.
Spearman - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
21. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Premack - D.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Kandel - E.
Zimbardo - P.
22. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Rescorla - R.
Broca - P.
Helmholtz - H.
James - W. and Lange - C.
23. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Lewin - K.
Sperling - G.
Wernicke - C.
Rogers - C.
24. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Asch - S.
Whorf - B.
Swets - John A.
25. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sheldon - W.
Freud - A.
Zajonc. R.
26. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Chomsky - N.
Swets - John A.
Rescorla - R.
Darwin - C.
27. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Chomsky - N.
Kernberg - O.
28. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Winnicott - D.W.
Lorenz - K.
Helmholtz - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
29. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Luria - A.
Luchins - A.
Bartlett - F.
Lerner - M.
30. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Milgram - S.
Bartlett - F.
Klein - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
31. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Penfield - W.
Asch - S.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
32. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Thorndike - E.
Wolpe - J.
Helmholtz - H.
33. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses
Zajonc. R.
Eysenck - H.
Pavlov - I.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
34. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Bem - D.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Luria - A.
35. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Milgram - S.
Rotter - J.
Paivio - A.
36. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Lewin - K.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Gibson - J.
Maslow - A.
37. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Cattell - R.
Watson - J.
Tinbergen - N.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
38. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Schachter - S.
Hering - E.
39. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
James - W. and Lange - C.
Thorndike - E.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Pavlov - I.
40. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Paivio - A.
Thorndike - E.
Hall - E.
Witkin - H.
41. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Luria - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Witkin - H.
42. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Sherif - M.
Broca - P.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Tinbergen - N.
43. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Witkin - H.
Kandel - E.
Gibson - J.
44. Object-relations theorist
Allport - G.
Miller - G.
Cattell - R.
Klein - M.
45. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Tinbergen - N.
Milner - B.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
46. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Asch - S.
Sperling - G.
Tinbergen - N.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
47. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Allport - G.
Kandel - E.
Witkin - H.
Skinner - B.F.
48. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Bem - S.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Broca - P.
49. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Chomsky - N.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bem - D.
50. Studied political norms
Guilford - J.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bem - D.
Newcomb - T.