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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Milgram - S.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Lorenz - K.
2. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Bekesy -G.
Lorenz - K.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
3. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Pavlov - I.
Bekesy -G.
Heider - F.
4. 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.
Broca - P.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Bartlett - F.
5. 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.
Heider - F.
Klein - M.
Berkeley - G.
6. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Zimbardo - P.
Hovland - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Watson - J.
7. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Horney - K.
McGuire - W.
8. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Kernberg - O.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Mahler - M.
Schachter - S.
9. Proposed a theory of multiple intelligences that divides intelligence into seven different types - all of which are equally important; traditional IQ tests measure only two of the seven types
Allport - G.
Whorf - B.
Sherif - M.
Gardner - H.
10. Founder of ego psychology
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Luchins - A.
Freud - A.
11. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bem - S.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Mahler - M.
12. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Horney - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Eysenck - H.
13. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Freud - A.
Adler - A.
Erikson - E.
14. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Luria - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Swets - John A.
Freud - A.
15. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Swets - John A.
Zimbardo - P.
Erikson - E.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
16. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Cattell - R.
Gardner - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Thurstone - L.
17. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Winnicott - D.W.
Spearman - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
18. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Watson - J.
Darwin - C.
Swets - John A.
19. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Broca - P.
Cattell - R.
Jung - C.
20. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Sherif - M.
Freud - S.
Rogers - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
21. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Whorf - B.
Rescorla - R.
Skinner - B.F.
22. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Wernicke - C.
Asch - S.
Thorndike - E.
23. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Ebbinghaus - H.
Penfield - W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Newcomb - T.
24. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Kernberg - O.
Asch - S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
25. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Gibson - J.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Lorenz - K.
Newcomb - T.
26. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Kohler - W.
Whorf - B.
Milgram - S.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
27. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Pavlov - I.
Garcia - J.
Festinger - L.
Rotter - J.
28. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Schachter - S.
Mischel - W.
Heider - F.
Ebbinghaus - H.
29. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Freud - S.
Whorf - B.
Luchins - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
30. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Cannon - W.
Helmholtz - H.
James - W. and Lange - C.
31. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Bekesy -G.
Bartlett - F.
Hering - E.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
32. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Eagly - A.
Asch - S.
Stevens - S. S.
Premack - D.
33. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Wolpe - J.
Janis - I.
Wilson - E. O.
Thurstone - L.
34. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Bartlett - F.
Allport - G.
Lewin - K.
35. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Adler - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Bandura - A.
36. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Rescorla - R.
Lerner - M.
Cannon - W.
37. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Freud - S.
Sherrington - C.
Loftus - E.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
38. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Broca - P.
Janis - I.
Rotter - J.
Bartlett - F.
39. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Cattell - R.
Luria - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Erikson - E.
40. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Skinner - B.F.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
von Frisch - K.
41. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Skinner - B.F.
Lorenz - K.
Zajonc. R.
Bem - D.
42. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Thorndike - E.
Gardner - H.
Bem - D.
43. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Freud - S.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sternberg - R.
44. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Adler - A.
Broca - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
45. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Miller - G.
Gibson - J.
Jung - C.
46. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Pavlov - I.
Skinner - B.F.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Bandura - A.
47. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Luchins - A.
Broca - P.
Thorndike - E.
48. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Miller - G.
Freud - A.
Stevens - S. S.
49. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Adler - A.
Swets - John A.
50. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Klein - M.
Stevens - S. S.
Wolpe - J.
Hering - E.
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