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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Erikson - E.
Newcomb - T.
Adler - A.
2. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cattell - R.
Lorenz - K.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
3. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Sheldon - W.
Mischel - W.
Rogers - C.
4. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
McGuire - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Rogers - C.
5. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Kohler - W.
Wolpe - J.
Premack - D.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
6. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Luria - A.
7. Proposed filter theory of attention
Kohler - W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Broadbent - D.
Milgram - S.
8. Developed theory of isomorphism
Freud - S.
Jung - C.
Kohler - W.
Adler - A.
9. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Newcomb - T.
Festinger - L.
Premack - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
10. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Milgram - S.
Cattell - R.
McClelland - D.
11. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Lewin - K.
Loftus - E.
Wilson - E. O.
Luchins - A.
12. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Watson - J.
Schachter - S.
Kernberg - O.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
13. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Broca - P.
Schachter - S.
Bandura - A.
Lorenz - K.
14. Object-relations theorist
Broca - P.
Jung - C.
Kernberg - O.
Skinner - B.F.
15. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Schachter - S.
Paivio - A.
Milgram - S.
Cannon - W.
16. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sternberg - R.
17. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Klein - M.
Mahler - M.
Thorndike - E.
Bandura - A.
18. Object-relations theorist
Premack - D.
Spearman - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Mahler - M.
19. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Fechner - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Adler - A.
20. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Luria - A.
Darwin - C.
Gardner - H.
Sheldon - W.
21. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Ebbinghaus - H.
Adler - A.
McClelland - D.
Berkeley - G.
22. Founder of ego psychology
Witkin - H.
Freud - A.
Watson - J.
Maslow - A.
23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Kandel - E.
McClelland - D.
Freud - S.
Janis - I.
24. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Luchins - A.
Zajonc. R.
25. 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
Paivio - A.
Guilford - J.
Gardner - H.
Berkeley - G.
26. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Chomsky - N.
Eagly - A.
Pavlov - I.
Guilford - J.
27. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
McClelland - D.
Gardner - H.
Bartlett - F.
Eysenck - H.
28. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bem - S.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Skinner - B.F.
29. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Broadbent - D.
Schachter - S.
Cattell - R.
30. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Ebbinghaus - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Whorf - B.
31. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Whorf - B.
Skinner - B.F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
32. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Wernicke - C.
Lorenz - K.
33. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Penfield - W.
Loftus - E.
Paivio - A.
Thurstone - L.
34. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Cattell - R.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Newcomb - T.
35. Studied insights in problem solving
McGuire - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kohler - W.
36. Object-relations theorist
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Winnicott - D.W.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Penfield - W.
37. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Hovland - C.
Kelly - G.
Watson - J.
38. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Kelly - G.
Cattell - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
39. 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.
Premack - D.
Jung - C.
Wernicke - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
40. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Freud - S.
Bartlett - F.
Broca - P.
Sternberg - R.
41. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Berkeley - G.
Watson - J.
Kohler - W.
42. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Rogers - C.
Sherif - M.
Horney - K.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
43. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Lorenz - K.
Janis - I.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Milner - B.
44. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Lerner - M.
Zimbardo - P.
Berkeley - G.
45. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Thurstone - L.
Chomsky - N.
Hering - E.
46. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Thurstone - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
47. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Bartlett - F.
Whorf - B.
Zimbardo - P.
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
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Erikson - E.
Kernberg - O.
Allport - G.
49. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Rescorla - R.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
McClelland - D.
Kandel - E.
50. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Freud - A.
Erikson - E.