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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Paivio - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Spearman - C.
Schachter - S.
2. Studied locus of control
Milner - B.
Thorndike - E.
Asch - S.
Rotter - J.
3. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Watson - J.
Horney - K.
Cannon - W.
Bandura - A.
4. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Kernberg - O.
Skinner - B.F.
McGuire - W.
5. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Luria - A.
Adler - A.
Bekesy -G.
6. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
McGuire - W.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
7. Object-relations theorist
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Wernicke - C.
Klein - M.
Mahler - M.
8. Object-relations theorist
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Luria - A.
Lorenz - K.
Klein - M.
9. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Kernberg - O.
Chomsky - N.
Skinner - B.F.
Winnicott - D.W.
10. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Premack - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Garcia - J.
Swets - John A.
11. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Kandel - E.
Festinger - L.
Rotter - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
12. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Heider - F.
Berkeley - G.
Jung - C.
13. Developed sociobiology
Ebbinghaus - H.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Garcia - J.
Wilson - E. O.
14. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Loftus - E.
Bandura - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Maslow - A.
15. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Maslow - A.
Kohler - W.
Broca - P.
Wernicke - C.
16. Founder of ego psychology
Bandura - A.
Freud - A.
Sheldon - W.
Swets - John A.
17. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
McClelland - D.
Kandel - E.
Mahler - M.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
18. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Asch - S.
McGuire - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
19. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Bandura - A.
Wilson - E. O.
Pavlov - I.
20. 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.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Cattell - R.
21. 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.
Cannon - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Stevens - S. S.
22. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Zajonc. R.
Paivio - A.
McClelland - D.
23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Hering - E.
Fechner - G.
Kandel - E.
Freud - S.
24. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
von Frisch - K.
Cannon - W.
Rogers - C.
Bandura - A.
25. Studied attitude change
Erikson - E.
Skinner - B.F.
Wernicke - C.
Hovland - C.
26. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rotter - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Wolpe - J.
Rescorla - R.
27. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Winnicott - D.W.
Sheldon - W.
Wolpe - J.
28. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Pavlov - I.
Eagly - A.
Sternberg - R.
Eysenck - H.
29. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Witkin - H.
Luria - A.
Janis - I.
Cannon - W.
30. Proposed filter theory of attention
Lewin - K.
Sherif - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Broadbent - D.
31. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Horney - K.
Loftus - E.
Paivio - A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
32. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Milner - B.
Gibson - J.
Festinger - L.
33. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Wernicke - C.
Swets - John A.
Rogers - C.
Gardner - H.
34. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Rotter - J.
Berkeley - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Wernicke - C.
35. Studied observational learning
Kelly - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Bem - S.
Bandura - A.
36. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Chomsky - N.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Allport - G.
Bem - D.
37. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Darwin - C.
Bem - D.
Kelly - G.
Loftus - E.
38. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Chomsky - N.
Loftus - E.
Kohler - W.
39. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Wilson - E. O.
Mischel - W.
Penfield - W.
Thurstone - L.
40. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Tinbergen - N.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Sherif - M.
Bekesy -G.
41. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Luchins - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Thurstone - L.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
42. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Lewin - K.
Sperling - G.
43. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Premack - D.
Allport - G.
McClelland - D.
44. Object-relations theorist
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Wolpe - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
45. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
James - W. and Lange - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Hovland - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
46. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Darwin - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Sheldon - W.
47. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Skinner - B.F.
Bekesy -G.
Bem - S.
Janis - I.
48. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Zimbardo - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Hering - E.
49. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Schachter - S.
Gibson - J.
Skinner - B.F.
50. 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.
Adler - A.
Berkeley - G.
Cattell - R.
Jung - C.