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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Sperling - G.
Swets - John A.
Lorenz - K.
Tinbergen - N.
2. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Adler - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Broca - P.
Bem - D.
3. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gibson - J.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Maslow - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
4. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
McClelland - D.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Asch - S.
Milner - B.
5. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Lewin - K.
Berkeley - G.
Heider - F.
Chomsky - N.
6. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
Horney - K.
Adler - A.
Fechner - G.
7. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
McClelland - D.
Klein - M.
8. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Paivio - A.
Berkeley - G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Broca - P.
9. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Sheldon - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
10. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Loftus - E.
Hering - E.
Janis - I.
Kohler - W.
11. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Freud - S.
Bandura - A.
Festinger - L.
Miller - G.
12. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Cannon - W.
Pavlov - I.
Lorenz - K.
13. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Guilford - J.
Zajonc. R.
Spearman - C.
14. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Thurstone - L.
Eysenck - H.
Wolpe - J.
Mischel - W.
15. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Swets - John A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Freud - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
16. Studied locus of control
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Rotter - J.
Kelly - G.
Freud - A.
17. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Horney - K.
Sherif - M.
Kernberg - O.
18. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Whorf - B.
Horney - K.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
19. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Bandura - A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
20. Proposed gate theory of pain
Heider - F.
Jung - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
21. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Milner - B.
Paivio - A.
Bem - S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
22. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sherif - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
23. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Guilford - J.
Sternberg - R.
Kohler - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
24. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Jung - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
25. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Erikson - E.
Berkeley - G.
Rotter - J.
26. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Luchins - A.
McClelland - D.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
27. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Rogers - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bekesy -G.
28. Studied political norms
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Erikson - E.
Lorenz - K.
Newcomb - T.
29. 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.
Hering - E.
Luria - A.
30. 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.
Mahler - M.
Jung - C.
Cattell - R.
Milner - B.
31. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Winnicott - D.W.
Hovland - C.
Rescorla - R.
Bem - D.
32. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Eagly - A.
Penfield - W.
Skinner - B.F.
Darwin - C.
33. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Lorenz - K.
Premack - D.
Swets - John A.
34. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Luchins - A.
Tinbergen - N.
Guilford - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
35. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Kohler - W.
Swets - John A.
Jung - C.
36. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Broadbent - D.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Adler - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
37. 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
Erikson - E.
Eagly - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Gardner - H.
38. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Stevens - S. S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Watson - J.
Mahler - M.
39. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Winnicott - D.W.
Rogers - C.
Cattell - R.
Festinger - L.
40. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Gardner - H.
Cattell - R.
Adler - A.
41. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Rescorla - R.
Bem - S.
Watson - J.
42. Studied observational learning
McClelland - D.
Bandura - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
43. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Pavlov - I.
Witkin - H.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
44. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Skinner - B.F.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Gibson - J.
Helmholtz - H.
45. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Broadbent - D.
Tinbergen - N.
McGuire - W.
Chomsky - N.
46. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Penfield - W.
Mischel - W.
Eysenck - H.
Sternberg - R.
47. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Bandura - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
48. Studied attitude change
Mahler - M.
Zimbardo - P.
Hovland - C.
Freud - S.
49. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Adler - A.
Mahler - M.
Broadbent - D.
Sperling - G.
50. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Eysenck - H.
von Frisch - K.