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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied attitude change
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Whorf - B.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Hovland - C.
2. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Kernberg - O.
Penfield - W.
Sherrington - C.
3. Object-relations theorist
Skinner - B.F.
Paivio - A.
McClelland - D.
Mahler - M.
4. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Cattell - R.
Jung - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Hering - E.
5. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Klein - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hering - E.
Lorenz - K.
6. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Bekesy -G.
Rescorla - R.
Sheldon - W.
Sperling - G.
7. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Hovland - C.
Helmholtz - H.
Spearman - C.
Mahler - M.
8. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Milner - B.
Winnicott - D.W.
Luchins - A.
9. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Hovland - C.
Zimbardo - P.
Sherif - M.
Hall - E.
10. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cannon - W.
Chomsky - N.
Sherrington - C.
Cattell - R.
11. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
McClelland - D.
Berkeley - G.
Asch - S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
12. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Chomsky - N.
Zimbardo - P.
Penfield - W.
13. Founder of ego psychology
Garcia - J.
Freud - A.
Sperling - G.
Chomsky - N.
14. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Luchins - A.
Freud - A.
Freud - S.
Festinger - L.
15. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Bartlett - F.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Berkeley - G.
16. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sherrington - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
17. 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.
Zimbardo - P.
Heider - F.
Guilford - J.
18. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Lewin - K.
Kernberg - O.
Garcia - J.
Festinger - L.
19. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Garcia - J.
Thorndike - E.
20. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Heider - F.
Paivio - A.
Premack - D.
21. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Heider - F.
Cannon - W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
22. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Freud - A.
Festinger - L.
Sherif - M.
Horney - K.
23. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Stevens - S. S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Asch - S.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
24. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Luchins - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Darwin - C.
Kernberg - O.
25. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Chomsky - N.
Loftus - E.
Bartlett - F.
Bekesy -G.
26. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Eagly - A.
Allport - G.
Gibson - J.
Eysenck - H.
27. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Spearman - C.
Allport - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Wilson - E. O.
28. 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.
Jung - C.
Kelly - G.
Milner - B.
Garcia - J.
29. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Heider - F.
Bartlett - F.
30. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Garcia - J.
Schachter - S.
Wolpe - J.
von Frisch - K.
31. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Penfield - W.
Rotter - J.
Zajonc. R.
32. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Loftus - E.
Rescorla - R.
Skinner - B.F.
33. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Watson - J.
Kohler - W.
Allport - G.
Helmholtz - H.
34. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Pavlov - I.
McGuire - W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
35. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Paivio - A.
Mahler - M.
Cannon - W.
36. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Festinger - L.
Thurstone - L.
von Frisch - K.
Bandura - A.
37. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Maslow - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Helmholtz - H.
Jung - C.
38. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Broca - P.
McClelland - D.
Sternberg - R.
39. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Rogers - C.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Newcomb - T.
Maslow - A.
40. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Swets - John A.
Spearman - C.
Premack - D.
41. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sherif - M.
Sheldon - W.
Freud - S.
42. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Newcomb - T.
Lorenz - K.
Hall - E.
Berkeley - G.
43. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Bem - D.
Loftus - E.
Bekesy -G.
44. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sternberg - R.
Kandel - E.
Bem - S.
45. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Sternberg - R.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Thurstone - L.
46. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
McClelland - D.
Lorenz - K.
Maslow - A.
Bandura - A.
47. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Witkin - H.
Loftus - E.
Kernberg - O.
Guilford - J.
48. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Sherrington - C.
Fechner - G.
Kelly - G.
49. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Fechner - G.
Klein - M.
Kohler - W.
Stevens - S. S.
50. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
McClelland - D.
Gardner - H.
Whorf - B.