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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Broadbent - D.
Horney - K.
Bandura - A.
Sherif - M.
2. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Bem - S.
Thorndike - E.
Hering - E.
Luria - A.
3. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bandura - A.
Bartlett - F.
Janis - I.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
4. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Guilford - J.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
5. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Maslow - A.
Premack - D.
Sternberg - R.
6. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Miller - G.
Cannon - W.
Lorenz - K.
Wilson - E. O.
7. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Rotter - J.
Garcia - J.
Guilford - J.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
8. 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.
Mischel - W.
Fechner - G.
Sperling - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
9. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Newcomb - T.
Bartlett - F.
Guilford - J.
10. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
von Frisch - K.
Wernicke - C.
Swets - John A.
Hering - E.
11. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Horney - K.
Loftus - E.
Spearman - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
12. 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
Rotter - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Loftus - E.
Gardner - H.
13. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Eagly - A.
Kandel - E.
Mahler - M.
14. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Sherif - M.
Eagly - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sherrington - C.
15. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Ebbinghaus - H.
Premack - D.
Sherrington - C.
Janis - I.
16. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Spearman - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Heider - F.
Broadbent - D.
17. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
James - W. and Lange - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sheldon - W.
Kandel - E.
18. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Zimbardo - P.
Schachter - S.
Rogers - C.
Allport - G.
19. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Jung - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wolpe - J.
20. Founder of ego psychology
McClelland - D.
Freud - A.
McGuire - W.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
21. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Broadbent - D.
Bandura - A.
Thorndike - E.
Wolpe - J.
22. Studied observational learning
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hall - E.
Bandura - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
23. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
McGuire - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Asch - S.
Kohler - W.
24. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Freud - A.
McGuire - W.
Berkeley - G.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
25. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Milgram - S.
Heider - F.
Rotter - J.
26. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Thurstone - L.
Rotter - J.
Swets - John A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
27. Developed theory of isomorphism
Whorf - B.
Kohler - W.
Lewin - K.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
28. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Erikson - E.
Milgram - S.
Lewin - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
29. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Schachter - S.
Freud - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
30. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Horney - K.
McGuire - W.
31. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Premack - D.
Kernberg - O.
Fechner - G.
32. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
McClelland - D.
Sternberg - R.
Cattell - R.
Stevens - S. S.
33. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Broadbent - D.
Freud - A.
34. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Zimbardo - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Guilford - J.
35. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Bandura - A.
Cannon - W.
36. Developed sociobiology
Lorenz - K.
Paivio - A.
Milner - B.
Wilson - E. O.
37. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Spearman - C.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
38. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Wernicke - C.
Bem - S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
39. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Janis - I.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Darwin - C.
40. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Bartlett - F.
Kelly - G.
Sperling - G.
Adler - A.
41. Object-relations theorist
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Kernberg - O.
Bandura - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
42. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Festinger - L.
Bem - D.
Hall - E.
Kohler - W.
43. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Erikson - E.
Kernberg - O.
Thurstone - L.
44. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Jung - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Cattell - R.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
45. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Kandel - E.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Pavlov - I.
46. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Mischel - W.
Bandura - A.
Fechner - G.
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.
von Frisch - K.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Zimbardo - P.
Jung - C.
48. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Winnicott - D.W.
Festinger - L.
Wolpe - J.
49. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Asch - S.
Maslow - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Watson - J.
50. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Hovland - C.
Mischel - W.
Erikson - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.