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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Winnicott - D.W.
Cannon - W.
Maslow - A.
Thurstone - L.
2. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Kelly - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Milner - B.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
3. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Stevens - S. S.
Eysenck - H.
Lewin - K.
Eagly - A.
4. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Bandura - A.
Luria - A.
Guilford - J.
Pavlov - I.
5. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Watson - J.
Kohler - W.
Mahler - M.
Hall - E.
6. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
Luria - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Whorf - B.
7. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Skinner - B.F.
8. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Rogers - C.
Sternberg - R.
9. 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
Miller - G.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Gardner - H.
10. Studied attitude change
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Hovland - C.
Cattell - R.
Eysenck - H.
11. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Luchins - A.
Loftus - E.
von Frisch - K.
Bartlett - F.
12. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Chomsky - N.
Helmholtz - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Berkeley - G.
13. 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
Lorenz - K.
Zajonc. R.
Sperling - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
14. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Kernberg - O.
Chomsky - N.
Broadbent - D.
15. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Mischel - W.
Helmholtz - H.
Rotter - J.
16. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Sperling - G.
Berkeley - G.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
17. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Sperling - G.
Hering - E.
Witkin - H.
18. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Cattell - R.
Bandura - A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
19. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
Thorndike - E.
Gardner - H.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
20. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Bandura - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Jung - C.
21. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Skinner - B.F.
Swets - John A.
Helmholtz - H.
Fechner - G.
22. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Mischel - W.
Berkeley - G.
Swets - John A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
23. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Rogers - C.
Pavlov - I.
Garcia - J.
Heider - F.
24. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Mischel - W.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
25. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bem - D.
James - W. and Lange - C.
26. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Sherif - M.
Hall - E.
27. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kernberg - O.
Thurstone - L.
28. 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.
McClelland - D.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Jung - C.
29. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
30. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Luchins - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Festinger - L.
Garcia - J.
31. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Hovland - C.
Sperling - G.
Darwin - C.
Watson - J.
32. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Hall - E.
Winnicott - D.W.
Adler - A.
33. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Janis - I.
Bekesy -G.
Stevens - S. S.
Garcia - J.
34. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Chomsky - N.
Luria - A.
Stevens - S. S.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
35. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Schachter - S.
Swets - John A.
Sternberg - R.
36. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Cannon - W.
Zimbardo - P.
Bandura - A.
37. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Stevens - S. S.
Klein - M.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Hovland - C.
38. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Eysenck - H.
McClelland - D.
Milgram - S.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
39. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Spearman - C.
Thurstone - L.
McClelland - D.
40. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Schachter - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Lewin - K.
41. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Milgram - S.
Freud - A.
42. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Sheldon - W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Rogers - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
43. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Gardner - H.
Wilson - E. O.
Luchins - A.
44. Developed sociobiology
Eysenck - H.
Wilson - E. O.
McClelland - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
45. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Helmholtz - H.
Lerner - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Garcia - J.
46. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Milgram - S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Maslow - A.
47. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Janis - I.
Guilford - J.
Chomsky - N.
Darwin - C.
48. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Festinger - L.
Skinner - B.F.
Cattell - R.
Eagly - A.
49. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Premack - D.
Adler - A.
Spearman - C.
Mahler - M.
50. Studied political norms
Gardner - H.
Spearman - C.
Newcomb - T.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.