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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Thurstone - L.
Mischel - W.
Broadbent - D.
2. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Sherif - M.
Asch - S.
Janis - I.
3. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Skinner - B.F.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Luria - A.
Miller - G.
4. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Miller - G.
Berkeley - G.
Eagly - A.
Penfield - W.
5. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Wilson - E. O.
Bem - S.
Swets - John A.
Premack - D.
6. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Chomsky - N.
Schachter - S.
Loftus - E.
7. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Mischel - W.
Thurstone - L.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Sherif - M.
8. Critic of trait theories of personality
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Mischel - W.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Allport - G.
9. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Spearman - C.
Cattell - R.
10. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Watson - J.
Kernberg - O.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Milgram - S.
11. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Maslow - A.
Zimbardo - P.
Wolpe - J.
McGuire - W.
12. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Broca - P.
Pavlov - I.
Garcia - J.
Lorenz - K.
13. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Milner - B.
Stevens - S. S.
Rogers - C.
14. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
Newcomb - T.
Jung - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
15. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Luria - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Sheldon - W.
Freud - S.
16. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Gibson - J.
Gardner - H.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
17. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Lewin - K.
Milgram - S.
Cattell - R.
Sperling - G.
18. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Chomsky - N.
Thurstone - L.
Zajonc. R.
19. Object-relations theorist
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Klein - M.
Milner - B.
Skinner - B.F.
20. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Bandura - A.
Mahler - M.
Freud - S.
Darwin - C.
21. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Bem - D.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Miller - G.
22. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Eysenck - H.
Helmholtz - H.
Guilford - J.
Skinner - B.F.
23. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Cattell - R.
Lorenz - K.
Horney - K.
Klein - M.
24. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Mahler - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Watson - J.
25. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Bandura - A.
Wolpe - J.
Cattell - R.
26. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Bem - D.
Freud - S.
Kandel - E.
27. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Bem - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Broca - P.
Luchins - A.
28. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Festinger - L.
Paivio - A.
Bekesy -G.
29. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Allport - G.
Hering - E.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
30. 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.
Adler - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
McGuire - W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
31. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Wolpe - J.
Broadbent - D.
Jung - C.
32. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Fechner - G.
Tinbergen - N.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Penfield - W.
33. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Eysenck - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
Whorf - B.
Guilford - J.
34. Developed theory of isomorphism
Premack - D.
Kohler - W.
Whorf - B.
Janis - I.
35. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Schachter - S.
Lewin - K.
Freud - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
36. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Luria - A.
Gibson - J.
Fechner - G.
Spearman - C.
37. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Lorenz - K.
Cattell - R.
Hall - E.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
38. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Heider - F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
39. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Newcomb - T.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
40. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Erikson - E.
Kelly - G.
Paivio - A.
Adler - A.
41. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Witkin - H.
Kandel - E.
Broadbent - D.
42. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Miller - G.
McGuire - W.
Bem - S.
Jung - C.
43. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Horney - K.
Rogers - C.
Kohler - W.
Bekesy -G.
44. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Miller - G.
Rescorla - R.
Stevens - S. S.
Pavlov - I.
45. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Asch - S.
Whorf - B.
46. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Rotter - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Bartlett - F.
Sherrington - C.
47. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Janis - I.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Bandura - A.
Sherrington - C.
48. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Bartlett - F.
Cannon - W.
Hering - E.
Paivio - A.
49. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
von Frisch - K.
Hall - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
50. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Luchins - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.