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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Garcia - J.
Sherrington - C.
Helmholtz - H.
Eysenck - H.
2. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Skinner - B.F.
Winnicott - D.W.
Sheldon - W.
Eysenck - H.
3. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Thorndike - E.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Wolpe - J.
Witkin - H.
4. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Kohler - W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Pavlov - I.
Maslow - A.
5. Object-relations theorist
Heider - F.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Mahler - M.
McGuire - W.
6. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Heider - F.
Maslow - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Skinner - B.F.
7. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Witkin - H.
Allport - G.
Milner - B.
8. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Kohler - W.
Bem - S.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Skinner - B.F.
9. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sheldon - W.
Bem - S.
Garcia - J.
10. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Cattell - R.
Milner - B.
Wilson - E. O.
11. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Allport - G.
Sherrington - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Cattell - R.
12. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Horney - K.
Skinner - B.F.
Berkeley - G.
Premack - D.
13. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Sternberg - R.
Erikson - E.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
14. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Skinner - B.F.
Premack - D.
Chomsky - N.
Thorndike - E.
15. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
McClelland - D.
Schachter - S.
Chomsky - N.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
16. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Bartlett - F.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Wernicke - C.
Sperling - G.
17. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Kohler - W.
Skinner - B.F.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
18. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Bem - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
19. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Stevens - S. S.
Bekesy -G.
Allport - G.
Asch - S.
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
Kelly - G.
Chomsky - N.
Wolpe - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
21. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Asch - S.
Helmholtz - H.
Milgram - S.
Eagly - A.
22. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Mahler - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Rescorla - R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
23. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Milner - B.
Bekesy -G.
Premack - D.
24. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Gardner - H.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Loftus - E.
Freud - S.
25. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Erikson - E.
Bandura - A.
McClelland - D.
26. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Jung - C.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Garcia - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
27. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Sherrington - C.
Sheldon - W.
Lewin - K.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
28. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Freud - A.
Sperling - G.
Kandel - E.
Bandura - A.
29. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Swets - John A.
Jung - C.
Wernicke - C.
Zimbardo - P.
30. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
McClelland - D.
Kohler - W.
Rogers - C.
Garcia - J.
31. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Sherif - M.
Festinger - L.
Klein - M.
Lerner - M.
32. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Bekesy -G.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Rogers - C.
33. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
James - W. and Lange - C.
Fechner - G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
34. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Eysenck - H.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Miller - G.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
35. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Bandura - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Cattell - R.
Mischel - W.
36. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Sternberg - R.
Gardner - H.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Fechner - G.
37. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Cannon - W.
Eagly - A.
Whorf - B.
38. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Bem - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Wernicke - C.
Janis - I.
39. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Bekesy -G.
Luria - A.
Thurstone - L.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
40. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Mahler - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Bem - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
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
Watson - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Pavlov - I.
Bekesy -G.
42. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Bem - S.
Whorf - B.
Milgram - S.
Spearman - C.
43. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Sherif - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Zajonc. R.
44. Founder of ego psychology
Wilson - E. O.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Freud - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
45. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Klein - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Rogers - C.
Eysenck - H.
46. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Festinger - L.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Premack - D.
47. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Eagly - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
48. Developed sociobiology
Paivio - A.
Chomsky - N.
Wilson - E. O.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
49. 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
Thorndike - E.
Rotter - J.
McGuire - W.
Zajonc. R.
50. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Cattell - R.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.