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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Pavlov - I.
Guilford - J.
Loftus - E.
Stevens - S. S.
2. Studied political norms
Jung - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Newcomb - T.
3. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Bartlett - F.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Lewin - K.
4. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Cattell - R.
Festinger - L.
Swets - John A.
5. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Chomsky - N.
Erikson - E.
Kohler - W.
6. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Chomsky - N.
Thurstone - L.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Penfield - W.
7. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Zimbardo - P.
Janis - I.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Milner - B.
8. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Sheldon - W.
Asch - S.
Luria - A.
Eagly - A.
9. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Eysenck - H.
Janis - I.
Stevens - S. S.
Kohler - W.
10. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Bem - S.
Janis - I.
Lerner - M.
Jung - C.
11. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Witkin - H.
Eagly - A.
Kelly - G.
Eysenck - H.
12. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Sheldon - W.
Bartlett - F.
Paivio - A.
Kandel - E.
13. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Paivio - A.
Bekesy -G.
McClelland - D.
Hering - E.
14. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Schachter - S.
Bartlett - F.
Chomsky - N.
15. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Skinner - B.F.
Miller - G.
Kandel - E.
Lorenz - K.
16. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Whorf - B.
Helmholtz - H.
Watson - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
17. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Miller - G.
Tinbergen - N.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
18. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Skinner - B.F.
Rescorla - R.
Eysenck - H.
Eagly - A.
19. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Klein - M.
Bartlett - F.
Adler - A.
Milgram - S.
20. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Jung - C.
21. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
von Frisch - K.
Spearman - C.
22. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Kernberg - O.
Skinner - B.F.
Asch - S.
Hering - E.
23. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Skinner - B.F.
Sternberg - R.
Pavlov - I.
Hall - E.
24. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Watson - J.
Wolpe - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Schachter - S.
25. Studied observational learning
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bandura - A.
Bartlett - F.
26. 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
Milgram - S.
Gardner - H.
Mischel - W.
Cattell - R.
27. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Hering - E.
Paivio - A.
Zajonc. R.
28. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Festinger - L.
Kandel - E.
Luchins - A.
29. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Maslow - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Watson - J.
30. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Lewin - K.
Zajonc. R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
31. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Whorf - B.
Rogers - C.
Bekesy -G.
Sheldon - W.
32. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Bem - D.
Luchins - A.
Broca - P.
McGuire - W.
33. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
James - W. and Lange - C.
Bandura - A.
Penfield - W.
Sternberg - R.
34. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Sheldon - W.
Bartlett - F.
Berkeley - G.
Mischel - W.
35. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Bekesy -G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Mahler - M.
Heider - F.
36. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Cannon - W.
Paivio - A.
Chomsky - N.
Skinner - B.F.
37. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Janis - I.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
38. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Broca - P.
Hering - E.
Bekesy -G.
Bem - S.
39. Founder of ego psychology
Kandel - E.
Mischel - W.
Freud - A.
Lewin - K.
40. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Bandura - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Paivio - A.
41. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Allport - G.
Rotter - J.
Freud - A.
Bartlett - F.
42. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Erikson - E.
Lewin - K.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Whorf - B.
43. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Pavlov - I.
Erikson - E.
44. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Bekesy -G.
Penfield - W.
Premack - D.
Asch - S.
45. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Swets - John A.
Fechner - G.
Lerner - M.
46. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Klein - M.
Gibson - J.
Garcia - J.
Bandura - A.
47. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Milner - B.
Sherif - M.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
48. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
McGuire - W.
Darwin - C.
Kernberg - O.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
49. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Rogers - C.
Bem - D.
Rescorla - R.
McClelland - D.
50. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Skinner - B.F.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Bem - S.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.