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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied political norms
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Newcomb - T.
Winnicott - D.W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
2. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Skinner - B.F.
Wolpe - J.
Eysenck - H.
3. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Miller - G.
Asch - S.
Paivio - A.
Eysenck - H.
4. Object-relations theorist
Paivio - A.
Premack - D.
Mischel - W.
Mahler - M.
5. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Luchins - A.
Chomsky - N.
Hall - E.
Lorenz - K.
6. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Premack - D.
Freud - S.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Eagly - A.
7. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Sperling - G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Adler - A.
Wernicke - C.
8. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Asch - S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Sheldon - W.
Stevens - S. S.
9. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Kohler - W.
Eagly - A.
Bekesy -G.
Thorndike - E.
10. 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.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
11. Object-relations theorist
Paivio - A.
Maslow - A.
Kernberg - O.
Gardner - H.
12. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
Sherif - M.
Winnicott - D.W.
Rotter - J.
13. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Lewin - K.
Kelly - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
14. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Lerner - M.
Erikson - E.
Eysenck - H.
Bem - S.
15. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Jung - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Paivio - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
16. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Helmholtz - H.
Sternberg - R.
Guilford - J.
Bartlett - F.
17. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
McGuire - W.
Pavlov - I.
Bandura - A.
Kernberg - O.
18. Proposed gate theory of pain
Zajonc. R.
Wernicke - C.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Chomsky - N.
19. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Cattell - R.
Penfield - W.
Hovland - C.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
20. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Gardner - H.
Lewin - K.
Guilford - J.
21. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Asch - S.
Fechner - G.
Hovland - C.
Pavlov - I.
22. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Luchins - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Swets - John A.
Thorndike - E.
23. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Bem - S.
Fechner - G.
Rotter - J.
Zimbardo - P.
24. 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.
Pavlov - I.
Jung - C.
Helmholtz - H.
McGuire - W.
25. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Allport - G.
Horney - K.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
26. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Wolpe - J.
Paivio - A.
Guilford - J.
Bekesy -G.
27. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Spearman - C.
Cattell - R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
28. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Kohler - W.
Milner - B.
Kernberg - O.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
29. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Zajonc. R.
Eysenck - H.
von Frisch - K.
Milner - B.
30. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Cannon - W.
31. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Milgram - S.
Zajonc. R.
32. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Bekesy -G.
Gibson - J.
Broca - P.
Wernicke - C.
33. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Milner - B.
Stevens - S. S.
34. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Kelly - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Broca - P.
35. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Erikson - E.
Loftus - E.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Stevens - S. S.
36. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Fechner - G.
Heider - F.
Bandura - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
37. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Pavlov - I.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Rescorla - R.
38. Studied locus of control
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Rotter - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
39. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Freud - S.
Sherif - M.
Loftus - E.
Wolpe - J.
40. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kohler - W.
Adler - A.
Rotter - J.
41. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Wolpe - J.
Adler - A.
Kohler - W.
Freud - S.
42. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
McGuire - W.
Sternberg - R.
43. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Lorenz - K.
Erikson - E.
44. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Winnicott - D.W.
Lewin - K.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Eagly - A.
45. Developed theory of isomorphism
Lorenz - K.
Whorf - B.
Kohler - W.
Bem - S.
46. 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
Kernberg - O.
Zajonc. R.
Bem - S.
McGuire - W.
47. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Watson - J.
Rescorla - R.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Kernberg - O.
48. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Darwin - C.
Allport - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
49. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Horney - K.
Whorf - B.
Darwin - C.
McGuire - W.
50. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Rotter - J.
Bandura - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.