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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Rotter - J.
Sherif - M.
2. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Bem - S.
Rogers - C.
Broca - P.
3. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Eysenck - H.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kandel - E.
4. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Miller - G.
Freud - S.
Thurstone - L.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
5. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Thurstone - L.
Miller - G.
Fechner - G.
Berkeley - G.
6. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
Adler - A.
Wilson - E. O.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
7. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gibson - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kandel - E.
Broadbent - D.
8. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Mischel - W.
Maslow - A.
Loftus - E.
Garcia - J.
9. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Horney - K.
Festinger - L.
Premack - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
10. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Paivio - A.
Sherrington - C.
Milner - B.
McClelland - D.
11. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Kandel - E.
McClelland - D.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sternberg - R.
12. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Witkin - H.
Festinger - L.
13. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Lorenz - K.
Premack - D.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
14. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Kohler - W.
Chomsky - N.
von Frisch - K.
15. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Bekesy -G.
Gardner - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Cannon - W.
16. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Stevens - S. S.
Broadbent - D.
Luchins - A.
von Frisch - K.
17. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Mischel - W.
Jung - C.
18. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Zajonc. R.
Wilson - E. O.
Lerner - M.
19. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Newcomb - T.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
20. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Chomsky - N.
Winnicott - D.W.
Eysenck - H.
Erikson - E.
21. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Kandel - E.
Kelly - G.
Eysenck - H.
22. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Skinner - B.F.
Rotter - J.
23. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Darwin - C.
Freud - S.
24. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Bem - S.
McGuire - W.
Chomsky - N.
Bem - D.
25. 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.
Lerner - M.
Wilson - E. O.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
26. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
McGuire - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Zajonc. R.
27. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Freud - A.
Sheldon - W.
28. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Janis - I.
Wolpe - J.
29. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Swets - John A.
Wolpe - J.
Cattell - R.
30. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Gibson - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Miller - G.
Allport - G.
31. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Luria - A.
von Frisch - K.
McClelland - D.
32. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Schachter - S.
Eysenck - H.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
33. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Freud - A.
Newcomb - T.
McGuire - W.
Rescorla - R.
34. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Pavlov - I.
Rescorla - R.
Skinner - B.F.
35. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Horney - K.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sperling - G.
36. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Loftus - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Bandura - A.
37. Proposed filter theory of attention
Stevens - S. S.
Hovland - C.
Broadbent - D.
Bekesy -G.
38. 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
Gardner - H.
Kernberg - O.
Schachter - S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
39. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Miller - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
40. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Sperling - G.
Chomsky - N.
Janis - I.
Lewin - K.
41. Developed theory of isomorphism
Cannon - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Paivio - A.
Kohler - W.
42. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Bandura - A.
Miller - G.
Bem - D.
Thurstone - L.
43. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Cattell - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
44. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Pavlov - I.
Festinger - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Penfield - W.
45. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Witkin - H.
Helmholtz - H.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Stevens - S. S.
46. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Heider - F.
Thorndike - E.
Eagly - A.
Kandel - E.
47. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Luchins - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Jung - C.
Loftus - E.
48. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Bartlett - F.
Mahler - M.
Gibson - J.
49. Developed sociobiology
Janis - I.
Wilson - E. O.
Kernberg - O.
Penfield - W.
50. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Berkeley - G.
Watson - J.
Guilford - J.