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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Asch - S.
Miller - G.
Eysenck - H.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
2. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Janis - I.
Pavlov - I.
Gibson - J.
Hovland - C.
3. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Wolpe - J.
Pavlov - I.
Rotter - J.
Asch - S.
4. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Spearman - C.
Sperling - G.
5. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
McClelland - D.
Eysenck - H.
James - W. and Lange - C.
6. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Chomsky - N.
Sperling - G.
Bartlett - F.
Whorf - B.
7. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Watson - J.
Fechner - G.
Newcomb - T.
Eagly - A.
8. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Gibson - J.
9. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Wilson - E. O.
Kohler - W.
Skinner - B.F.
10. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Sherif - M.
Rogers - C.
Thurstone - L.
Rescorla - R.
11. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Bandura - A.
Allport - G.
Klein - M.
12. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S.
Fechner - G.
Chomsky - N.
Maslow - A.
13. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Whorf - B.
Loftus - E.
Broca - P.
Eagly - A.
14. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Sperling - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Berkeley - G.
15. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Hovland - C.
Eagly - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
16. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Wernicke - C.
17. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Mischel - W.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Rotter - J.
18. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Mischel - W.
Bandura - A.
Lorenz - K.
19. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Allport - G.
Penfield - W.
McClelland - D.
20. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
von Frisch - K.
Lorenz - K.
Cattell - R.
Pavlov - I.
21. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Broca - P.
Helmholtz - H.
Whorf - B.
Premack - D.
22. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kelly - G.
Stevens - S. S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
23. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Cannon - W.
Kelly - G.
Penfield - W.
24. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Fechner - G.
Horney - K.
Milgram - S.
25. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Newcomb - T.
Janis - I.
Sperling - G.
Sherif - M.
26. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Stevens - S. S.
Adler - A.
Bandura - A.
27. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Milgram - S.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
28. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Guilford - J.
29. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
Sherif - M.
Stevens - S. S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
30. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Festinger - L.
Sperling - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Cannon - W.
31. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Paivio - A.
Eysenck - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Swets - John A.
32. Object-relations theorist
Paivio - A.
Janis - I.
Mahler - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
33. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Gardner - H.
Freud - S.
Rescorla - R.
Tinbergen - N.
34. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Freud - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Thurstone - L.
McClelland - D.
35. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Pavlov - I.
Sternberg - R.
Bekesy -G.
von Frisch - K.
36. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Berkeley - G.
Spearman - C.
Hering - E.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
37. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Sperling - G.
Hovland - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
38. 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
Gardner - H.
Loftus - E.
Rescorla - R.
Jung - C.
39. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Thorndike - E.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Kelly - G.
40. 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.
Zajonc. R.
Kernberg - O.
Cattell - R.
41. 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.
Jung - C.
Mischel - W.
Milner - B.
Garcia - J.
42. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Milner - B.
Adler - A.
Chomsky - N.
Loftus - E.
43. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Sternberg - R.
Freud - A.
Wernicke - C.
Milner - B.
44. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Spearman - C.
Tinbergen - N.
Guilford - J.
45. Studied observational learning
Luria - A.
Bandura - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bartlett - F.
46. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Heider - F.
47. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Kandel - E.
Janis - I.
Bem - D.
Adler - A.
48. Studied political norms
Thorndike - E.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kohler - W.
Newcomb - T.
49. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Heider - F.
James - W. and Lange - C.
50. Object-relations theorist
Lerner - M.
Winnicott - D.W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Swets - John A.