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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Kelly - G.
Zimbardo - P.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Sternberg - R.
2. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Wolpe - J.
Kandel - E.
Guilford - J.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
3. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Chomsky - N.
Witkin - H.
Paivio - A.
Penfield - W.
4. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Cattell - R.
Mischel - W.
5. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Freud - S.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
6. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Lorenz - K.
Cannon - W.
Bem - S.
Loftus - E.
7. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Helmholtz - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Tinbergen - N.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
8. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Bem - S.
Horney - K.
Stevens - S. S.
Kelly - G.
9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S.
Sherrington - C.
Klein - M.
Kelly - G.
10. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Lorenz - K.
Freud - A.
11. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Paivio - A.
Stevens - S. S.
Sherif - M.
12. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Zimbardo - P.
Erikson - E.
13. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Wilson - E. O.
Witkin - H.
Eagly - A.
Mischel - W.
14. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Lorenz - K.
Zimbardo - P.
Watson - J.
Erikson - E.
15. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Pavlov - I.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Festinger - L.
Spearman - C.
16. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
Gardner - H.
Zimbardo - P.
Thurstone - L.
17. Developed theory of isomorphism
Helmholtz - H.
Kohler - W.
Whorf - B.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
18. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Eysenck - H.
Wernicke - C.
Erikson - E.
19. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
McGuire - W.
Skinner - B.F.
20. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Rogers - C.
Cannon - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Lorenz - K.
21. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Hering - E.
Rotter - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Skinner - B.F.
22. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Stevens - S. S.
Penfield - W.
Eysenck - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
23. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Bandura - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kernberg - O.
24. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Lorenz - K.
Milner - B.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
25. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Allport - G.
Bartlett - F.
Maslow - A.
Bekesy -G.
26. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Sherrington - C.
Sherif - M.
Wernicke - C.
27. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Maslow - A.
Newcomb - T.
Bartlett - F.
Zimbardo - P.
28. Studied observational learning
Hovland - C.
Sperling - G.
Wolpe - J.
Bandura - A.
29. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Wernicke - C.
Sternberg - R.
Eysenck - H.
Allport - G.
30. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Eysenck - H.
Rescorla - R.
Helmholtz - H.
Bem - S.
31. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kernberg - O.
Broca - P.
Sternberg - R.
32. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Allport - G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Swets - John A.
Adler - A.
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
Whorf - B.
Premack - D.
Bandura - A.
Zajonc. R.
34. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Rotter - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Lewin - K.
35. Studied attitude change
Eysenck - H.
Luria - A.
Berkeley - G.
Hovland - C.
36. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Mischel - W.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
McClelland - D.
Lerner - M.
37. Proposed gate theory of pain
Kandel - E.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Klein - M.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
38. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Bem - S.
Witkin - H.
Sheldon - W.
Wilson - E. O.
39. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Sperling - G.
Broca - P.
Garcia - J.
Erikson - E.
40. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Swets - John A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Kohler - W.
von Frisch - K.
41. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Freud - S.
Thorndike - E.
Horney - K.
Chomsky - N.
42. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Horney - K.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Lorenz - K.
Paivio - A.
43. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Janis - I.
Tinbergen - N.
Zimbardo - P.
Penfield - W.
44. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Hovland - C.
McGuire - W.
Darwin - C.
45. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Lewin - K.
Luchins - A.
Guilford - J.
46. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Thorndike - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Bem - D.
47. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Cattell - R.
Stevens - S. S.
Zimbardo - P.
Rogers - C.
48. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Rotter - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Stevens - S. S.
49. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Wolpe - J.
Bem - S.
Freud - S.
Schachter - S.
50. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Sheldon - W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.