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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Skinner - B.F.
Paivio - A.
Janis - I.
Sternberg - R.
2. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Rogers - C.
Berkeley - G.
Swets - John A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
3. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Winnicott - D.W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Premack - D.
Gibson - J.
4. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Gardner - H.
Paivio - A.
Thorndike - E.
Zajonc. R.
5. Studied locus of control
Bandura - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Lewin - K.
Rotter - J.
6. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Spearman - C.
Bekesy -G.
Cannon - W.
Horney - K.
7. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Broadbent - D.
Sheldon - W.
Darwin - C.
8. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
Whorf - B.
Eagly - A.
Bem - S.
9. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Berkeley - G.
Eysenck - H.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
10. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Luchins - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Guilford - J.
Berkeley - G.
11. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Witkin - H.
Luchins - A.
Zajonc. R.
12. Object-relations theorist
Miller - G.
Rotter - J.
Kernberg - O.
Skinner - B.F.
13. 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.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Mischel - W.
Miller - G.
Berkeley - G.
14. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Festinger - L.
Heider - F.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
15. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
von Frisch - K.
Thurstone - L.
Horney - K.
McClelland - D.
16. Developed sociobiology
Sheldon - W.
Adler - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
Wilson - E. O.
17. 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
Zajonc. R.
Thorndike - E.
Adler - A.
Darwin - C.
18. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Helmholtz - H.
Darwin - C.
Tinbergen - N.
19. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Swets - John A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
20. 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.
Sherif - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Jung - C.
Maslow - A.
21. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Broca - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
22. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Milgram - S.
Adler - A.
Witkin - H.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
23. Object-relations theorist
Erikson - E.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Mahler - M.
Sherif - M.
24. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Zajonc. R.
Guilford - J.
Milgram - S.
von Frisch - K.
25. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Wernicke - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Paivio - A.
26. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Mischel - W.
Spearman - C.
Premack - D.
Helmholtz - H.
27. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Gibson - J.
Hovland - C.
Horney - K.
Sternberg - R.
28. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Festinger - L.
McGuire - W.
Winnicott - D.W.
29. Studied attitude change
Sherif - M.
Adler - A.
Hovland - C.
Kohler - W.
30. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Hering - E.
Gibson - J.
31. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Miller - G.
Kernberg - O.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
32. Founder of ego psychology
Eysenck - H.
Freud - A.
Lerner - M.
Schachter - S.
33. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Kandel - E.
Cattell - R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Helmholtz - H.
34. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Garcia - J.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Whorf - B.
35. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
Jung - C.
Kernberg - O.
Allport - G.
36. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Lorenz - K.
Rotter - J.
Kohler - W.
Skinner - B.F.
37. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Miller - G.
Klein - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sheldon - W.
38. Proposed gate theory of pain
Freud - A.
Lerner - M.
McClelland - D.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
39. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Rescorla - R.
Rotter - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
40. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Lewin - K.
Sternberg - R.
Premack - D.
41. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
McClelland - D.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Penfield - W.
Hering - E.
42. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Klein - M.
Heider - F.
Freud - S.
Broca - P.
43. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Schachter - S.
Wernicke - C.
Luchins - A.
44. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Helmholtz - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Lewin - K.
Heider - F.
45. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Cattell - R.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Fechner - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
46. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Wolpe - J.
Kelly - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
47. Proposed filter theory of attention
Gibson - J.
Freud - A.
Lerner - M.
Broadbent - D.
48. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Pavlov - I.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wernicke - C.
49. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Broca - P.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Janis - I.
McGuire - W.
50. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Thurstone - L.
Wolpe - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.