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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Asch - S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hall - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.
2. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Premack - D.
Spearman - C.
Loftus - E.
3. 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.
Wernicke - C.
Kernberg - O.
Loftus - E.
Jung - C.
4. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Gibson - J.
Whorf - B.
Helmholtz - H.
5. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Mahler - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
von Frisch - K.
6. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Milgram - S.
Sherrington - C.
Swets - John A.
7. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Loftus - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Skinner - B.F.
8. Object-relations theorist
Sherif - M.
Mahler - M.
Kohler - W.
Whorf - B.
9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Allport - G.
Sherif - M.
Schachter - S.
Freud - A.
10. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Freud - S.
Swets - John A.
Gibson - J.
11. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Helmholtz - H.
Luria - A.
Janis - I.
Asch - S.
12. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Spearman - C.
McClelland - D.
Cannon - W.
Rescorla - R.
13. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bem - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
14. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Sheldon - W.
Lerner - M.
Gibson - J.
James - W. and Lange - C.
15. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Skinner - B.F.
Thurstone - L.
Bekesy -G.
Loftus - E.
16. Developed theory of isomorphism
Whorf - B.
Loftus - E.
Milner - B.
Kohler - W.
17. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Broadbent - D.
Premack - D.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
McClelland - D.
18. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Hovland - C.
Milner - B.
Lorenz - K.
Eysenck - H.
19. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Helmholtz - H.
Sherrington - C.
Eagly - A.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
20. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Mischel - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Cattell - R.
21. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Bekesy -G.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
von Frisch - K.
McGuire - W.
22. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Guilford - J.
Asch - S.
Bartlett - F.
Luchins - A.
23. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kandel - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.
24. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Broadbent - D.
Cattell - R.
Milner - B.
25. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
Hering - E.
McGuire - W.
Paivio - A.
26. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Fechner - G.
Watson - J.
Sternberg - R.
Lerner - M.
27. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Bekesy -G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Thurstone - L.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
28. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Lerner - M.
Milner - B.
Broadbent - D.
Fechner - G.
29. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Loftus - E.
Rescorla - R.
Erikson - E.
Stevens - S. S.
30. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Milner - B.
Luchins - A.
Wolpe - J.
31. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Berkeley - G.
Kohler - W.
Zimbardo - P.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
32. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Kohler - W.
Thorndike - E.
McClelland - D.
Adler - A.
33. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Wilson - E. O.
34. Performed study on doll preferences in African-American children; the results were used in the 1954 Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case.
Eagly - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Cannon - W.
Garcia - J.
35. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Spearman - C.
Heider - F.
Berkeley - G.
Rotter - J.
36. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Gibson - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Newcomb - T.
Hall - E.
37. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Lorenz - K.
Eysenck - H.
Sherif - M.
McGuire - W.
38. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
Heider - F.
Helmholtz - H.
39. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Wernicke - C.
Kernberg - O.
Zimbardo - P.
40. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Rogers - C.
Adler - A.
Erikson - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.
41. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Jung - C.
Wolpe - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
42. Object-relations theorist
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Kernberg - O.
Cannon - W.
43. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
McClelland - D.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
44. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Cattell - R.
Janis - I.
Tinbergen - N.
45. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Hovland - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Kandel - E.
46. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Rogers - C.
Whorf - B.
Loftus - E.
47. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Paivio - A.
Lorenz - K.
Allport - G.
48. Developed sociobiology
Heider - F.
Wilson - E. O.
Mischel - W.
Eagly - A.
49. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Milner - B.
Miller - G.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
50. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Chomsky - N.
Bandura - A.
Luchins - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.