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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Berkeley - G.
Milner - B.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
2. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Cannon - W.
Freud - S.
Sternberg - R.
Bem - D.
3. Studied locus of control
Festinger - L.
Milgram - S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Rotter - J.
4. Developed theory of isomorphism
Bem - S.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kohler - W.
Freud - S.
5. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Horney - K.
Guilford - J.
Cattell - R.
Milner - B.
6. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Mischel - W.
Festinger - L.
Stevens - S. S.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
7. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Skinner - B.F.
Cattell - R.
Pavlov - I.
Schachter - S.
8. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Asch - S.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Mahler - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
9. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Zimbardo - P.
Sternberg - R.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
McClelland - D.
10. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Witkin - H.
Ebbinghaus - H.
11. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McClelland - D.
Pavlov - I.
McGuire - W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
12. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Sperling - G.
Penfield - W.
Stevens - S. S.
Thorndike - E.
13. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Bekesy -G.
Bandura - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kohler - W.
14. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Hering - E.
Sherif - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Premack - D.
15. 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
Mischel - W.
Garcia - J.
Hovland - C.
Zajonc. R.
16. Critic of trait theories of personality
Wilson - E. O.
Mischel - W.
Janis - I.
Lewin - K.
17. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
McClelland - D.
Erikson - E.
Sperling - G.
Adler - A.
18. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
von Frisch - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Spearman - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
19. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Milgram - S.
Kohler - W.
McClelland - D.
20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Janis - I.
Schachter - S.
Wernicke - C.
Penfield - W.
21. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Hall - E.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
22. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Freud - S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Mischel - W.
Hovland - C.
23. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Fechner - G.
Eagly - A.
Allport - G.
Lewin - K.
24. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Guilford - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Schachter - S.
25. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Zimbardo - P.
Tinbergen - N.
Winnicott - D.W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
26. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Winnicott - D.W.
Broadbent - D.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Sperling - G.
27. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Eagly - A.
Hovland - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
28. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Paivio - A.
Penfield - W.
Swets - John A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
29. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Premack - D.
Lewin - K.
Bartlett - F.
Thorndike - E.
30. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Winnicott - D.W.
Cattell - R.
Loftus - E.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
31. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Hering - E.
Lorenz - K.
Bekesy -G.
32. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Bandura - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
33. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Chomsky - N.
Asch - S.
McClelland - D.
McGuire - W.
34. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Allport - G.
Sperling - G.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Spearman - C.
35. 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.
Rogers - C.
Adler - A.
Asch - S.
Jung - C.
36. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Wernicke - C.
Adler - A.
Rescorla - R.
37. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Luchins - A.
Luria - A.
Kandel - E.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
38. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Spearman - C.
Freud - A.
39. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Fechner - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Berkeley - G.
40. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
Bem - D.
Lorenz - K.
Luria - A.
41. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Luria - A.
Maslow - A.
Chomsky - N.
von Frisch - K.
42. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Sherrington - C.
Thurstone - L.
43. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Swets - John A.
Asch - S.
Berkeley - G.
Helmholtz - H.
44. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Berkeley - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Stevens - S. S.
45. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Wernicke - C.
Milner - B.
Milgram - S.
46. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
von Frisch - K.
Heider - F.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
47. Object-relations theorist
Bandura - A.
Garcia - J.
Klein - M.
Paivio - A.
48. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Luchins - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Wolpe - J.
Garcia - J.
49. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Mahler - M.
Fechner - G.
Ebbinghaus - H.
von Frisch - K.
50. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Tinbergen - N.
Erikson - E.
Newcomb - T.