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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Premack - D.
Kohler - W.
Gardner - H.
Bandura - A.
2. Studied attitude change
Cattell - R.
Hovland - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Winnicott - D.W.
3. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Asch - S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Broadbent - D.
Erikson - E.
4. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Mischel - W.
Rogers - C.
Garcia - J.
Premack - D.
5. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Maslow - A.
Tinbergen - N.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
6. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Milner - B.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
7. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Cannon - W.
Lorenz - K.
8. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S.
Sternberg - R.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Allport - G.
9. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Janis - I.
Stevens - S. S.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Hall - E.
10. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Hovland - C.
Luchins - A.
Heider - F.
Bandura - A.
11. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Premack - D.
Luchins - A.
Paivio - A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
12. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Sherrington - C.
Darwin - C.
Festinger - L.
Zimbardo - P.
13. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Skinner - B.F.
14. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
McGuire - W.
Kohler - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
15. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Paivio - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Erikson - E.
Mischel - W.
16. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Rescorla - R.
Berkeley - G.
Lewin - K.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
17. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Freud - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Sherif - M.
Freud - S.
18. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Premack - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Freud - A.
Loftus - E.
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
Whorf - B.
Chomsky - N.
Bem - S.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
20. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Rescorla - R.
Klein - M.
Festinger - L.
21. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Lewin - K.
Bartlett - F.
22. Developed theory of isomorphism
Watson - J.
Kohler - W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
23. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Zajonc. R.
Swets - John A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
24. Studied insights in problem solving
Skinner - B.F.
Pavlov - I.
Kohler - W.
Festinger - L.
25. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Cannon - W.
Rescorla - R.
Paivio - A.
26. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Bem - D.
Wernicke - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
27. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Helmholtz - H.
Swets - John A.
Stevens - S. S.
28. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
Bem - D.
von Frisch - K.
Bartlett - F.
29. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Sherif - M.
Adler - A.
Stevens - S. S.
Bartlett - F.
30. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Hovland - C.
Cattell - R.
Stevens - S. S.
Milner - B.
31. Critic of trait theories of personality
Sheldon - W.
Mischel - W.
Luchins - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
32. 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
Chomsky - N.
Bandura - A.
Guilford - J.
Zajonc. R.
33. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Rescorla - R.
Wolpe - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
34. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Asch - S.
Freud - S.
Wolpe - J.
Thurstone - L.
35. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Broca - P.
Tinbergen - N.
36. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Loftus - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
37. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Sheldon - W.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
38. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Tinbergen - N.
Watson - J.
Fechner - G.
39. 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
Wilson - E. O.
Gardner - H.
Bandura - A.
Lewin - K.
40. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Lorenz - K.
Eysenck - H.
41. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Gibson - J.
Sperling - G.
Watson - J.
42. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Winnicott - D.W.
Maslow - A.
Wernicke - C.
Kelly - G.
43. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Bem - S.
Erikson - E.
Cannon - W.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
44. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Watson - J.
Zajonc. R.
Thorndike - E.
45. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Tinbergen - N.
Premack - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bem - S.
46. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Fechner - G.
Bandura - A.
Schachter - S.
Rescorla - R.
47. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Rogers - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Guilford - J.
48. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Zajonc. R.
Lerner - M.
Newcomb - T.
49. Studied political norms
Whorf - B.
Wolpe - J.
Jung - C.
Newcomb - T.
50. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Heider - F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Kandel - E.
Bandura - A.