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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied political norms
Mischel - W.
Newcomb - T.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Rogers - C.
2. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Loftus - E.
Eysenck - H.
Cattell - R.
Milgram - S.
3. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Jung - C.
Garcia - J.
4. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Broadbent - D.
Zimbardo - P.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Heider - F.
5. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Chomsky - N.
Hering - E.
Whorf - B.
6. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Skinner - B.F.
Helmholtz - H.
Horney - K.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
7. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Tinbergen - N.
Milner - B.
Winnicott - D.W.
Bartlett - F.
8. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Allport - G.
Lerner - M.
Luria - A.
Watson - J.
9. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Sperling - G.
Kernberg - O.
Schachter - S.
Swets - John A.
10. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Ebbinghaus - H.
Stevens - S. S.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Milgram - S.
11. Studied insights in problem solving
Cannon - W.
Maslow - A.
Kohler - W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
12. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
McClelland - D.
Freud - A.
Guilford - J.
Allport - G.
13. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Maslow - A.
Hering - E.
Rescorla - R.
14. 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.
Paivio - A.
Cattell - R.
Garcia - J.
Jung - C.
15. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Wernicke - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Mahler - M.
Erikson - E.
16. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Wilson - E. O.
Freud - A.
Watson - J.
Maslow - A.
17. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Berkeley - G.
Darwin - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
18. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Eysenck - H.
Kandel - E.
Wernicke - C.
Rogers - C.
19. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Broca - P.
Zimbardo - P.
Sherif - M.
Bandura - A.
20. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Cattell - R.
von Frisch - K.
Sherif - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
21. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Newcomb - T.
Bandura - A.
Bartlett - F.
Freud - S.
22. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
Rescorla - R.
Luchins - A.
Lerner - M.
23. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Broca - P.
Whorf - B.
Schachter - S.
Luchins - A.
24. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Lorenz - K.
Hall - E.
Adler - A.
Erikson - E.
25. 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.
Janis - I.
Bandura - A.
Spearman - C.
26. Object-relations theorist
Berkeley - G.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Kernberg - O.
Helmholtz - H.
27. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sherif - M.
Sheldon - W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Cattell - R.
28. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Witkin - H.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Broca - P.
Cannon - W.
29. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
McGuire - W.
Maslow - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
30. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Wernicke - C.
Premack - D.
Sheldon - W.
31. 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
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Lewin - K.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Gardner - H.
32. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Asch - S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Heider - F.
Freud - A.
33. Proposed filter theory of attention
Zajonc. R.
Erikson - E.
Broadbent - D.
Wernicke - C.
34. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Chomsky - N.
Asch - S.
Garcia - J.
Adler - A.
35. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
McClelland - D.
Bekesy -G.
Heider - F.
Paivio - A.
36. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Zajonc. R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Spearman - C.
Fechner - G.
37. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Skinner - B.F.
Bem - S.
Wernicke - C.
38. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Thurstone - L.
Winnicott - D.W.
Loftus - E.
Hall - E.
39. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Sternberg - R.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Wernicke - C.
Spearman - C.
40. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S.
Hall - E.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Mahler - M.
41. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Maslow - A.
Penfield - W.
Lorenz - K.
42. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
McGuire - W.
Klein - M.
Bandura - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
43. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Rescorla - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Darwin - C.
44. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Stevens - S. S.
Helmholtz - H.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Thurstone - L.
45. 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.
Lorenz - K.
Eysenck - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
46. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
McGuire - W.
Kernberg - O.
Sperling - G.
Premack - D.
47. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Darwin - C.
Berkeley - G.
Spearman - C.
Thurstone - L.
48. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Milner - B.
McClelland - D.
Rescorla - R.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
49. Studied attitude change
Eysenck - H.
Allport - G.
Kandel - E.
Hovland - C.
50. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Kernberg - O.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Kelly - G.
Ebbinghaus - H.