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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Whorf - B.
Hall - E.
Cattell - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
2. 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.
Darwin - C.
Jung - C.
Lewin - K.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
3. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Skinner - B.F.
Erikson - E.
Rescorla - R.
4. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Darwin - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Tinbergen - N.
Luchins - A.
5. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Gibson - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Pavlov - I.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
6. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Lorenz - K.
Guilford - J.
Lerner - M.
7. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Bartlett - F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Bekesy -G.
8. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Lewin - K.
Luchins - A.
9. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Cannon - W.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Miller - G.
10. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Adler - A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Cattell - R.
Stevens - S. S.
11. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Heider - F.
Watson - J.
Thurstone - L.
Eagly - A.
12. Critic of trait theories of personality
Kohler - W.
Wernicke - C.
Mischel - W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
13. Founder of ego psychology
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Freud - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Loftus - E.
14. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Skinner - B.F.
Penfield - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Adler - A.
15. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Schachter - S.
Sherrington - C.
Maslow - A.
16. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Garcia - J.
Lewin - K.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Erikson - E.
17. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Milner - B.
Kandel - E.
Skinner - B.F.
18. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Maslow - A.
Janis - I.
Miller - G.
Klein - M.
19. Studied attitude change
Darwin - C.
Hovland - C.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Mischel - W.
20. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Kernberg - O.
Horney - K.
Whorf - B.
Fechner - G.
21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
von Frisch - K.
Bandura - A.
Kandel - E.
Cattell - R.
22. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Bem - S.
Eagly - A.
Sheldon - W.
23. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Sherrington - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Jung - C.
24. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Broadbent - D.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Fechner - G.
25. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Schachter - S.
McGuire - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wolpe - J.
26. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
James - W. and Lange - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Cattell - R.
Heider - F.
27. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Rescorla - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
28. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Berkeley - G.
Lorenz - K.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Freud - S.
29. 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.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Cattell - R.
Adler - A.
30. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Skinner - B.F.
Hovland - C.
Bandura - A.
Maslow - A.
31. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Helmholtz - H.
Bartlett - F.
Kelly - G.
Spearman - C.
32. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Lorenz - K.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Maslow - A.
33. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Bandura - A.
Helmholtz - H.
Mischel - W.
Skinner - B.F.
34. 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
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sherrington - C.
Zajonc. R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
35. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Schachter - S.
Loftus - E.
Bem - S.
Sherif - M.
36. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bandura - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
McClelland - D.
37. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Janis - I.
Freud - S.
Kernberg - O.
Sherrington - C.
38. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Adler - A.
Zimbardo - P.
Eagly - A.
39. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Spearman - C.
Allport - G.
Chomsky - N.
Sperling - G.
40. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Chomsky - N.
Garcia - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Bekesy -G.
41. Object-relations theorist
Lewin - K.
Mahler - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
42. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Hovland - C.
Berkeley - G.
Stevens - S. S.
Lerner - M.
43. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Berkeley - G.
44. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Rogers - C.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Gardner - H.
Skinner - B.F.
45. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Kohler - W.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Broadbent - D.
Premack - D.
46. Object-relations theorist
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Sheldon - W.
Kernberg - O.
Hovland - C.
47. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Gardner - H.
Fechner - G.
Stevens - S. S.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
48. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Thurstone - L.
Spearman - C.
McClelland - D.
Swets - John A.
49. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Loftus - E.
Cannon - W.
Schachter - S.
Zajonc. R.
50. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Bem - D.
Kohler - W.
Wernicke - C.
Erikson - E.