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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Janis - I.
Kandel - E.
Pavlov - I.
2. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bandura - A.
Watson - J.
Eagly - A.
3. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kohler - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Heider - F.
4. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Zajonc. R.
Kelly - G.
Mischel - W.
5. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Heider - F.
Bartlett - F.
Sperling - G.
Lerner - M.
6. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
McGuire - W.
Cannon - W.
Stevens - S. S.
Zimbardo - P.
7. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
von Frisch - K.
Kelly - G.
Cattell - R.
Sternberg - R.
8. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Winnicott - D.W.
Kernberg - O.
Schachter - S.
Luchins - A.
9. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Skinner - B.F.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sheldon - W.
10. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Lewin - K.
Milner - B.
Zimbardo - P.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
11. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Berkeley - G.
Guilford - J.
Newcomb - T.
12. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Garcia - J.
Schachter - S.
Adler - A.
13. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Broadbent - D.
Wernicke - C.
Erikson - E.
Cannon - W.
14. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Winnicott - D.W.
Janis - I.
Sternberg - R.
Bekesy -G.
15. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Milner - B.
Miller - G.
Ebbinghaus - H.
16. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Wilson - E. O.
Wernicke - C.
Lorenz - K.
17. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Rotter - J.
Erikson - E.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Garcia - J.
18. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Cattell - R.
Janis - I.
Milgram - S.
19. 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.
Fechner - G.
Heider - F.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
20. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Freud - S.
Cattell - R.
Spearman - C.
21. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Hering - E.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Pavlov - I.
Winnicott - D.W.
22. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Gibson - J.
Bekesy -G.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
23. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Eagly - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Spearman - C.
24. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Allport - G.
Witkin - H.
Garcia - J.
Hering - E.
25. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bem - D.
Zimbardo - P.
26. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Hovland - C.
Cattell - R.
Cannon - W.
Thorndike - E.
27. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Whorf - B.
Spearman - C.
28. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Lewin - K.
Luria - A.
Allport - G.
Maslow - A.
29. Studied locus of control
Sherif - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Rotter - J.
Lewin - K.
30. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Bekesy -G.
Swets - John A.
Premack - D.
31. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Lerner - M.
Gibson - J.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
James - W. and Lange - C.
32. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Sperling - G.
Hering - E.
Klein - M.
Schachter - S.
33. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Miller - G.
Mahler - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Mischel - W.
34. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Lewin - K.
Cannon - W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Schachter - S.
35. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Fechner - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
Rogers - C.
Tinbergen - N.
36. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Lewin - K.
Horney - K.
Kandel - E.
McClelland - D.
37. 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.
Bandura - A.
Klein - M.
Sherrington - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
38. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Jung - C.
Klein - M.
Loftus - E.
Eagly - A.
39. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Asch - S.
Stevens - S. S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Skinner - B.F.
40. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Kelly - G.
Gardner - H.
Wilson - E. O.
41. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
von Frisch - K.
Wilson - E. O.
Skinner - B.F.
Lorenz - K.
42. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Skinner - B.F.
Freud - S.
Asch - S.
Guilford - J.
43. Founder of ego psychology
Lerner - M.
Freud - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Skinner - B.F.
44. 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.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Miller - G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
45. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Kandel - E.
Kohler - W.
Zimbardo - P.
Gibson - J.
46. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Kandel - E.
Sperling - G.
Gardner - H.
47. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Sperling - G.
Thorndike - E.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Penfield - W.
48. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sherrington - C.
Horney - K.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sheldon - W.
49. Object-relations theorist
Chomsky - N.
Cattell - R.
Mahler - M.
Fechner - G.
50. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
James - W. and Lange - C.
Cattell - R.
Milgram - S.
Whorf - B.