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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Horney - K.
Hall - E.
Milner - B.
Freud - A.
2. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Wilson - E. O.
Paivio - A.
Watson - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
3. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
von Frisch - K.
Erikson - E.
Thorndike - E.
Darwin - C.
4. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Horney - K.
Rescorla - R.
Luchins - A.
Garcia - J.
5. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Milgram - S.
Kelly - G.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
6. Studied political norms
Freud - A.
Fechner - G.
Heider - F.
Newcomb - T.
7. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Heider - F.
Tinbergen - N.
Freud - S.
8. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Asch - S.
Mahler - M.
Freud - A.
9. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Pavlov - I.
Kernberg - O.
Bekesy -G.
10. 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
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Zajonc. R.
Spearman - C.
Bekesy -G.
11. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Swets - John A.
Bandura - A.
Stevens - S. S.
Schachter - S.
12. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Bem - D.
Winnicott - D.W.
Darwin - C.
Maslow - A.
13. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Broca - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Sheldon - W.
Bartlett - F.
14. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Guilford - J.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Wolpe - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
15. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Sheldon - W.
Premack - D.
Freud - A.
Erikson - E.
16. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Premack - D.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Milner - B.
17. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Gardner - H.
Thorndike - E.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Milner - B.
18. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Chomsky - N.
Bandura - A.
Rogers - C.
19. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Broadbent - D.
Tinbergen - N.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
20. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Lewin - K.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Hovland - C.
Loftus - E.
21. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Allport - G.
Kohler - W.
22. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Kohler - W.
Fechner - G.
Hering - E.
23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Lorenz - K.
Bekesy -G.
Freud - S.
von Frisch - K.
24. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
James - W. and Lange - C.
McClelland - D.
Witkin - H.
25. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Darwin - C.
Miller - G.
Sherif - M.
Spearman - C.
26. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Premack - D.
Guilford - J.
Helmholtz - H.
27. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Skinner - B.F.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Horney - K.
Swets - John A.
28. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Sherrington - C.
Jung - C.
Schachter - S.
Bandura - A.
29. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Gardner - H.
Cattell - R.
Cattell - R.
Penfield - W.
30. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Sherrington - C.
Kandel - E.
Luria - A.
31. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Broca - P.
Lerner - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
32. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Festinger - L.
Sternberg - R.
Maslow - A.
Darwin - C.
33. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Berkeley - G.
Garcia - J.
34. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Luria - A.
McClelland - D.
Helmholtz - H.
35. Developed sociobiology
Milner - B.
Wilson - E. O.
Wolpe - J.
Witkin - H.
36. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Cattell - R.
Heider - F.
Luria - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
37. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Wernicke - C.
Miller - G.
Cattell - R.
Milner - B.
38. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Thurstone - L.
Hovland - C.
Bem - D.
39. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
McGuire - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Skinner - B.F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
40. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Bandura - A.
Sperling - G.
Hovland - C.
Rogers - C.
41. Critic of trait theories of personality
Kohler - W.
Cattell - R.
Mischel - W.
Kelly - G.
42. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Gibson - J.
Tinbergen - N.
Wernicke - C.
Lorenz - K.
43. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Schachter - S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
44. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Witkin - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Schachter - S.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
45. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gibson - J.
Spearman - C.
Freud - S.
Bandura - A.
46. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Hering - E.
Freud - A.
Lerner - M.
47. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Kohler - W.
Bem - S.
Wernicke - C.
Mischel - W.
48. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Zajonc. R.
Winnicott - D.W.
Whorf - B.
Bartlett - F.
49. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Bem - D.
Allport - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Zimbardo - P.
50. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Witkin - H.
Milner - B.
Fechner - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
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