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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Schachter - S.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Allport - G.
2. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Rescorla - R.
Jung - C.
Sheldon - W.
Erikson - E.
3. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sherrington - C.
Kelly - G.
Bandura - A.
4. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Bekesy -G.
Broca - P.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
5. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Thurstone - L.
Lewin - K.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
6. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Zimbardo - P.
Eagly - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
7. 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.
Hering - E.
Kelly - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Luchins - A.
8. 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
Heider - F.
Gardner - H.
Asch - S.
Sherrington - C.
9. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Sherrington - C.
Paivio - A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Helmholtz - H.
10. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Gardner - H.
Rescorla - R.
Broadbent - D.
11. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Freud - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
12. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Bekesy -G.
Skinner - B.F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
13. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Stevens - S. S.
Kohler - W.
Bem - S.
Milgram - S.
14. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Mischel - W.
Rogers - C.
Sherrington - C.
15. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Bem - D.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Broadbent - D.
James - W. and Lange - C.
16. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Jung - C.
Bartlett - F.
Heider - F.
17. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
Winnicott - D.W.
Freud - S.
Sherif - M.
18. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Bartlett - F.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
19. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Cannon - W.
Freud - S.
Garcia - J.
Luchins - A.
20. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Paivio - A.
Freud - S.
Swets - John A.
21. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Kohler - W.
Schachter - S.
Sternberg - R.
22. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Whorf - B.
23. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Thorndike - E.
Premack - D.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Asch - S.
24. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Hering - E.
Darwin - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Janis - I.
25. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Jung - C.
Wilson - E. O.
Stevens - S. S.
Helmholtz - H.
26. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Bandura - A.
Eagly - A.
Broca - P.
27. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Chomsky - N.
Bem - S.
Gardner - H.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
28. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Gardner - H.
Swets - John A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sherrington - C.
29. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Rescorla - R.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Maslow - A.
30. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Pavlov - I.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Horney - K.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
31. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Janis - I.
Fechner - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Cattell - R.
32. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Bartlett - F.
Loftus - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
33. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Broadbent - D.
Wolpe - J.
Spearman - C.
34. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Wernicke - C.
Lerner - M.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
35. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Chomsky - N.
Berkeley - G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Erikson - E.
36. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Skinner - B.F.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Rescorla - R.
Broca - P.
37. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Eagly - A.
Erikson - E.
Premack - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
38. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Bartlett - F.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Broadbent - D.
39. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Bandura - A.
Wilson - E. O.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
40. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Watson - J.
Bandura - A.
Premack - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
41. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Adler - A.
Cattell - R.
Mischel - W.
42. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Horney - K.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
Hall - E.
43. Proposed filter theory of attention
Cattell - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
Broadbent - D.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
44. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Cannon - W.
Milgram - S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
45. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Allport - G.
Rogers - C.
Luria - A.
Maslow - A.
46. Studied locus of control
Ebbinghaus - H.
Rogers - C.
Eysenck - H.
Rotter - J.
47. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Thorndike - E.
Bartlett - F.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
48. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Rotter - J.
Lerner - M.
49. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Cannon - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
McClelland - D.
50. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Eagly - A.
Milgram - S.
Kelly - G.