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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Fechner - G.
Hall - E.
Whorf - B.
Rescorla - R.
2. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Schachter - S.
Eysenck - H.
Gardner - H.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
3. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Sperling - G.
Witkin - H.
von Frisch - K.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
4. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
von Frisch - K.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Chomsky - N.
Zajonc. R.
5. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Schachter - S.
Garcia - J.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Darwin - C.
6. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Kelly - G.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Cannon - W.
7. Studied political norms
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Newcomb - T.
Sperling - G.
Wilson - E. O.
8. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Adler - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Mahler - M.
9. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Gibson - J.
Cattell - R.
Berkeley - G.
10. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Gibson - J.
Fechner - G.
Schachter - S.
Pavlov - I.
11. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Lerner - M.
Cattell - R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Bandura - A.
12. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Sheldon - W.
Watson - J.
Luria - A.
Bekesy -G.
13. Founder of ego psychology
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Freud - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
14. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Swets - John A.
Heider - F.
Allport - G.
Bem - S.
15. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Penfield - W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Witkin - H.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
16. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Jung - C.
Sheldon - W.
Gardner - H.
Garcia - J.
17. Studied locus of control
Whorf - B.
Rotter - J.
Erikson - E.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
18. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Rotter - J.
Sherif - M.
Skinner - B.F.
19. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Winnicott - D.W.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Chomsky - N.
Sherrington - C.
20. 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.
Skinner - B.F.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Lewin - K.
Milner - B.
21. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kandel - E.
Kernberg - O.
22. 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.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Gibson - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Jung - C.
23. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Mischel - W.
Kelly - G.
Hall - E.
Witkin - H.
24. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Berkeley - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Hovland - C.
Maslow - A.
25. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Penfield - W.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Helmholtz - H.
Paivio - A.
26. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Watson - J.
Broadbent - D.
Premack - D.
27. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Bartlett - F.
Premack - D.
Loftus - E.
Mahler - M.
28. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Schachter - S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Luchins - A.
29. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Festinger - L.
Adler - A.
Thorndike - E.
Gardner - H.
30. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Schachter - S.
Sperling - G.
Bartlett - F.
Klein - M.
31. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Tinbergen - N.
Sternberg - R.
Witkin - H.
Penfield - W.
32. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Kohler - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Rescorla - R.
Wolpe - J.
33. 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
Milner - B.
Luchins - A.
Zajonc. R.
Horney - K.
34. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Sheldon - W.
Rotter - J.
Stevens - S. S.
35. 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.
Swets - John A.
Kandel - E.
Bandura - A.
36. Developed theory of isomorphism
Thorndike - E.
Bem - D.
Kohler - W.
Asch - S.
37. 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.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Rotter - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
38. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Festinger - L.
Bandura - A.
Tinbergen - N.
39. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Guilford - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bem - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
40. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Berkeley - G.
Bem - D.
Darwin - C.
Lewin - K.
41. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Lerner - M.
Mischel - W.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
42. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Watson - J.
Zajonc. R.
Kelly - G.
43. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Bem - S.
Zimbardo - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
44. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Paivio - A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Eysenck - H.
Fechner - G.
45. Object-relations theorist
McClelland - D.
Kernberg - O.
Bandura - A.
Broca - P.
46. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Lerner - M.
Gardner - H.
47. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Wilson - E. O.
Eagly - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
48. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Jung - C.
Rotter - J.
Hovland - C.
49. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Horney - K.
Klein - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
50. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Bem - S.
Schachter - S.
Kelly - G.
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