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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Eysenck - H.
Watson - J.
2. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Stevens - S. S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Luria - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
3. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Broca - P.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Erikson - E.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
4. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Kernberg - O.
Adler - A.
Cattell - R.
Lorenz - K.
5. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Bekesy -G.
Allport - G.
Fechner - G.
Horney - K.
6. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Spearman - C.
Garcia - J.
Hering - E.
7. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
Festinger - L.
8. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Winnicott - D.W.
Cannon - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
9. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
James - W. and Lange - C.
Miller - G.
Bem - S.
Schachter - S.
10. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Whorf - B.
Kohler - W.
11. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Thurstone - L.
Paivio - A.
Janis - I.
Watson - J.
12. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Wilson - E. O.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Maslow - A.
13. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Skinner - B.F.
Wilson - E. O.
Sherrington - C.
Thorndike - E.
14. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wernicke - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Milner - B.
15. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Sperling - G.
Gibson - J.
Cannon - W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
16. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Bem - S.
Lorenz - K.
Eysenck - H.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
17. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Cannon - W.
Sheldon - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
18. Studied insights in problem solving
Stevens - S. S.
Kelly - G.
Kohler - W.
Bem - S.
19. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Kelly - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Wernicke - C.
Allport - G.
20. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Berkeley - G.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Tinbergen - N.
21. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Spearman - C.
Berkeley - G.
22. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Klein - M.
Asch - S.
Skinner - B.F.
Adler - A.
23. Object-relations theorist
Bandura - A.
Mahler - M.
Kandel - E.
Skinner - B.F.
24. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Gibson - J.
Luria - A.
Luchins - A.
Freud - S.
25. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Witkin - H.
Milner - B.
Darwin - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
26. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
von Frisch - K.
Kohler - W.
Whorf - B.
27. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Wernicke - C.
Schachter - S.
Guilford - J.
28. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Horney - K.
Thorndike - E.
Penfield - W.
Helmholtz - H.
29. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Helmholtz - H.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Thurstone - L.
Berkeley - G.
30. Critic of trait theories of personality
Swets - John A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Mischel - W.
Heider - F.
31. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Sperling - G.
Gibson - J.
32. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Whorf - B.
Bartlett - F.
Gibson - J.
Watson - J.
33. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Zimbardo - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Darwin - C.
34. Proposed filter theory of attention
Wolpe - J.
Witkin - H.
Broadbent - D.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
35. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Cattell - R.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Watson - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
36. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Janis - I.
Kohler - W.
Horney - K.
Fechner - G.
37. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Stevens - S. S.
Milgram - S.
38. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sperling - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
39. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Sheldon - W.
Lorenz - K.
Sherrington - C.
40. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bem - S.
Guilford - J.
Gibson - J.
41. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Ebbinghaus - H.
Lerner - M.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Lorenz - K.
42. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Hall - E.
Witkin - H.
Eagly - A.
Premack - D.
43. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Spearman - C.
Eysenck - H.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
44. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Winnicott - D.W.
Bekesy -G.
Bem - S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
45. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Klein - M.
46. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Maslow - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Bartlett - F.
47. Object-relations theorist
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Klein - M.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Garcia - J.
48. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Chomsky - N.
Stevens - S. S.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
49. 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
Garcia - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Gardner - H.
50. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Newcomb - T.
Swets - John A.
Adler - A.
Sherrington - C.
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