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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Thurstone - L.
Milner - B.
Freud - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
2. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Chomsky - N.
Asch - S.
Erikson - E.
Hall - E.
3. 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.
Luchins - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Watson - J.
Rogers - C.
4. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Milner - B.
Chomsky - N.
Allport - G.
Gardner - H.
5. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Asch - S.
Bandura - A.
Hovland - C.
von Frisch - K.
6. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Skinner - B.F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Gibson - J.
Broca - P.
7. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Zimbardo - P.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Jung - C.
Klein - M.
8. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Paivio - A.
9. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
McClelland - D.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Paivio - A.
10. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Darwin - C.
Mahler - M.
Eysenck - H.
Bem - D.
11. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Spearman - C.
Tinbergen - N.
Mahler - M.
Hering - E.
12. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Watson - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Paivio - A.
Bem - S.
13. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Fechner - G.
Sheldon - W.
Rescorla - R.
Gibson - J.
14. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Swets - John A.
Bandura - A.
Horney - K.
Sherrington - C.
15. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Kernberg - O.
Darwin - C.
Swets - John A.
Kohler - W.
16. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Gibson - J.
Sherif - M.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Zimbardo - P.
17. Founder of ego psychology
Darwin - C.
Rescorla - R.
Freud - A.
Bandura - A.
18. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Watson - J.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Kohler - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
19. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Adler - A.
Mahler - M.
Bem - S.
20. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Schachter - S.
Adler - A.
Hovland - C.
21. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Erikson - E.
Luchins - A.
Tinbergen - N.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
22. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Bem - D.
Darwin - C.
Zajonc. R.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
23. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Helmholtz - H.
Sherif - M.
Lorenz - K.
Berkeley - G.
24. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
McClelland - D.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Hall - E.
Allport - G.
25. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Jung - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Bekesy -G.
Hall - E.
26. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Miller - G.
Sperling - G.
Sherif - M.
Winnicott - D.W.
27. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Broadbent - D.
Kohler - W.
Loftus - E.
McGuire - W.
28. Developed sociobiology
Zajonc. R.
Chomsky - N.
Wilson - E. O.
Fechner - G.
29. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Bandura - A.
Miller - G.
Skinner - B.F.
30. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Lerner - M.
Berkeley - G.
Hovland - C.
31. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Bandura - A.
Luria - A.
Garcia - J.
32. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Bandura - A.
Bandura - A.
33. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Stevens - S. S.
Swets - John A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
34. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Spearman - C.
Heider - F.
Kelly - G.
Lerner - M.
35. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Lewin - K.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Chomsky - N.
36. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Skinner - B.F.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Garcia - J.
Maslow - A.
37. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Rogers - C.
Bandura - A.
Spearman - C.
McClelland - D.
38. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Bem - S.
Miller - G.
Loftus - E.
Kernberg - O.
39. Object-relations theorist
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Kernberg - O.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Heider - F.
40. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Mischel - W.
Cattell - R.
Milgram - S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
41. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Heider - F.
Bartlett - F.
Wernicke - C.
42. Object-relations theorist
Gardner - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
Festinger - L.
Erikson - E.
43. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Festinger - L.
Helmholtz - H.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Skinner - B.F.
44. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
McGuire - W.
Paivio - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Hovland - C.
45. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Lerner - M.
Maslow - A.
Sternberg - R.
Cattell - R.
46. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Mahler - M.
Thorndike - E.
Bem - S.
Broadbent - D.
47. 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.
Chomsky - N.
Stevens - S. S.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Jung - C.
48. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
Mahler - M.
Lorenz - K.
Bandura - A.
49. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Wolpe - J.
Adler - A.
Bekesy -G.
Premack - D.
50. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Thurstone - L.
Whorf - B.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Klein - M.