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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Eagly - A.
Luchins - A.
2. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Berkeley - G.
Rescorla - R.
Tinbergen - N.
Bem - D.
3. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Milgram - S.
Newcomb - T.
Janis - I.
Rogers - C.
4. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Cattell - R.
Wilson - E. O.
Lewin - K.
Kandel - E.
5. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Spearman - C.
Zimbardo - P.
Wernicke - C.
6. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Luchins - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Spearman - C.
Lewin - K.
7. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Zajonc. R.
Schachter - S.
Janis - I.
8. Developed sociobiology
Helmholtz - H.
Wilson - E. O.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Festinger - L.
9. 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.
Skinner - B.F.
Erikson - E.
Loftus - E.
10. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Penfield - W.
Luria - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Spearman - C.
11. Studied attitude change
Newcomb - T.
Hovland - C.
Garcia - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
12. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Bartlett - F.
Milner - B.
Garcia - J.
Bandura - A.
13. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Loftus - E.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Sternberg - R.
Miller - G.
14. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
James - W. and Lange - C.
Wernicke - C.
Whorf - B.
Watson - J.
15. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Asch - S.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Freud - A.
Bem - S.
16. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Asch - S.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Milgram - S.
17. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Sheldon - W.
Skinner - B.F.
Bekesy -G.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
18. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Mahler - M.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sternberg - R.
19. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sherif - M.
Bandura - A.
20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Sherrington - C.
Sheldon - W.
21. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Cannon - W.
Maslow - A.
Luchins - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
22. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Freud - S.
Berkeley - G.
Erikson - E.
Lorenz - K.
23. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Sperling - G.
Hering - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
24. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Hovland - C.
Swets - John A.
Heider - F.
Cattell - R.
25. 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
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
McGuire - W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Zajonc. R.
26. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Swets - John A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wolpe - J.
Zajonc. R.
27. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Adler - A.
Swets - John A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sherrington - C.
28. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Bekesy -G.
Adler - A.
Mahler - M.
Guilford - J.
29. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Luria - A.
Whorf - B.
Freud - A.
Bartlett - F.
30. Studied locus of control
Kandel - E.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Rotter - J.
Pavlov - I.
31. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Paivio - A.
Luchins - A.
Heider - F.
32. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Lerner - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Loftus - E.
Wolpe - J.
33. Developed theory of isomorphism
Whorf - B.
Hall - E.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kohler - W.
34. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Cannon - W.
Wolpe - J.
Sperling - G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
35. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Freud - A.
Spearman - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
36. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Cattell - R.
Mahler - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Jung - C.
37. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Klein - M.
Cattell - R.
Wilson - E. O.
Hovland - C.
38. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Rotter - J.
Thorndike - E.
Paivio - A.
39. 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.
Bartlett - F.
Gardner - H.
Freud - S.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
40. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Hering - E.
McGuire - W.
Horney - K.
41. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Spearman - C.
Lewin - K.
Watson - J.
Fechner - G.
42. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bandura - A.
Loftus - E.
Mahler - M.
43. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Gibson - J.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
44. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Mahler - M.
45. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Premack - D.
Rogers - C.
Whorf - B.
McClelland - D.
46. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Zimbardo - P.
Milner - B.
Sherrington - C.
Kohler - W.
47. Studied political norms
Guilford - J.
Jung - C.
Newcomb - T.
James - W. and Lange - C.
48. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Rescorla - R.
Kandel - E.
Witkin - H.
49. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Adler - A.
Rotter - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Paivio - A.
50. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - D.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Loftus - E.