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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Sperling - G.
Horney - K.
Rogers - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
2. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Janis - I.
Garcia - J.
Bem - D.
3. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Thorndike - E.
Sheldon - W.
Maslow - A.
4. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
von Frisch - K.
Gibson - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Penfield - W.
5. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Broca - P.
Guilford - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Sheldon - W.
6. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Rotter - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
7. Studied attitude change
Broadbent - D.
Hovland - C.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Kandel - E.
8. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Bartlett - F.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Jung - C.
9. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Horney - K.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Swets - John A.
Kandel - E.
10. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Gardner - H.
Lewin - K.
Asch - S.
Sherif - M.
11. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Swets - John A.
McGuire - W.
Bem - D.
Maslow - A.
12. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Sheldon - W.
Garcia - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Schachter - S.
13. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Penfield - W.
Winnicott - D.W.
Kandel - E.
14. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Bem - D.
Festinger - L.
Hovland - C.
15. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Adler - A.
Kernberg - O.
Horney - K.
Hering - E.
16. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Bem - S.
Broadbent - D.
Eysenck - H.
17. 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
Eysenck - H.
Zajonc. R.
Broca - P.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
18. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Tinbergen - N.
Garcia - J.
Allport - G.
Kandel - E.
19. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Milner - B.
Cattell - R.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bem - D.
20. Proposed filter theory of attention
Zajonc. R.
Tinbergen - N.
Broadbent - D.
Kohler - W.
21. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Paivio - A.
Milgram - S.
Chomsky - N.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
22. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Kelly - G.
Bekesy -G.
Janis - I.
Chomsky - N.
23. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Hall - E.
Rescorla - R.
Gardner - H.
Loftus - E.
24. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Zimbardo - P.
Kohler - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Lewin - K.
25. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Milner - B.
Bandura - A.
Bem - S.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
26. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Mahler - M.
Wernicke - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
27. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Wernicke - C.
Freud - S.
Spearman - C.
McGuire - W.
28. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Premack - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Milner - B.
29. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Zimbardo - P.
Hering - E.
Kohler - W.
30. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Janis - I.
Rotter - J.
Gardner - H.
31. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Rogers - C.
Tinbergen - N.
Sternberg - R.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Luchins - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bartlett - F.
Whorf - B.
33. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Sherrington - C.
Miller - G.
Kernberg - O.
34. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Chomsky - N.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
McClelland - D.
35. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Premack - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Hering - E.
36. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Penfield - W.
Sherif - M.
37. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Kohler - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Darwin - C.
38. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Paivio - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Luchins - A.
39. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Hall - E.
Wernicke - C.
Skinner - B.F.
40. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Schachter - S.
Sternberg - R.
Horney - K.
Skinner - B.F.
41. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Garcia - J.
Kohler - W.
Thorndike - E.
Schachter - S.
42. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
McClelland - D.
Hering - E.
Watson - J.
Kohler - W.
43. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Guilford - J.
Thurstone - L.
Tinbergen - N.
44. Object-relations theorist
Watson - J.
Mahler - M.
Cattell - R.
Pavlov - I.
45. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Winnicott - D.W.
Eysenck - H.
Cattell - R.
Kandel - E.
46. Studied observational learning
Tinbergen - N.
Jung - C.
Bandura - A.
Bem - S.
47. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Mischel - W.
48. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Heider - F.
Schachter - S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
49. Studied locus of control
Bem - S.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Rotter - J.
Helmholtz - H.
50. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
McGuire - W.
Zajonc. R.
Gardner - H.