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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Stevens - S. S.
Skinner - B.F.
Wolpe - J.
Allport - G.
2. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Sherif - M.
Lewin - K.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Horney - K.
3. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Freud - S.
Penfield - W.
Lorenz - K.
Thorndike - E.
4. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Eagly - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Miller - G.
Broca - P.
5. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Eysenck - H.
Witkin - H.
Hovland - C.
6. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Klein - M.
Kohler - W.
Paivio - A.
Bartlett - F.
7. Studied locus of control
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Rotter - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
8. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Kandel - E.
Garcia - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Adler - A.
9. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Mahler - M.
Thorndike - E.
Kernberg - O.
10. 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.
Penfield - W.
Paivio - A.
Wolpe - J.
11. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Tinbergen - N.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Stevens - S. S.
12. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Luchins - A.
von Frisch - K.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Broca - P.
13. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Gibson - J.
Witkin - H.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Cattell - R.
14. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Lerner - M.
Cannon - W.
Hering - E.
Guilford - J.
15. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Asch - S.
Bekesy -G.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Freud - S.
16. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Garcia - J.
Erikson - E.
Pavlov - I.
17. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Skinner - B.F.
Swets - John A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Freud - A.
18. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Klein - M.
Thurstone - L.
Whorf - B.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
19. 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.
Horney - K.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Pavlov - I.
Jung - C.
20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Eagly - A.
Schachter - S.
Lorenz - K.
Guilford - J.
21. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Gardner - H.
Kandel - E.
McGuire - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
22. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Rotter - J.
Mahler - M.
Luchins - A.
23. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Schachter - S.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Premack - D.
24. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Allport - G.
Newcomb - T.
25. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Cattell - R.
Hall - E.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
26. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Eysenck - H.
Sperling - G.
Tinbergen - N.
Milner - B.
27. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Helmholtz - H.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Heider - F.
Hovland - C.
28. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Jung - C.
Bandura - A.
Maslow - A.
29. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gibson - J.
Horney - K.
Kohler - W.
Cattell - R.
30. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Watson - J.
Milgram - S.
Sherif - M.
McClelland - D.
31. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Swets - John A.
Thorndike - E.
Eagly - A.
Helmholtz - H.
32. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Erikson - E.
Darwin - C.
Jung - C.
Tinbergen - N.
33. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Milner - B.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Allport - G.
34. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Chomsky - N.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Fechner - G.
35. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Cattell - R.
Tinbergen - N.
McGuire - W.
Thorndike - E.
36. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Winnicott - D.W.
Garcia - J.
37. Object-relations theorist
Broca - P.
Kernberg - O.
Mischel - W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
38. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Rogers - C.
Bandura - A.
Miller - G.
Bartlett - F.
39. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Rescorla - R.
Skinner - B.F.
Sternberg - R.
Zajonc. R.
40. Developed sociobiology
Miller - G.
Bandura - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Wilson - E. O.
41. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Eysenck - H.
Sherif - M.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Bartlett - F.
42. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Thurstone - L.
Jung - C.
Eagly - A.
Cattell - R.
43. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Penfield - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Miller - G.
Kandel - E.
44. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Heider - F.
Miller - G.
Sherrington - C.
45. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Luria - A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Swets - John A.
Cattell - R.
46. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Adler - A.
Paivio - A.
Loftus - E.
Milgram - S.
47. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Wolpe - J.
Erikson - E.
Zimbardo - P.
48. Studied observational learning
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Sperling - G.
Bandura - A.
Witkin - H.
49. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Broca - P.
Kandel - E.
Whorf - B.
Bandura - A.
50. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lorenz - K.
Eagly - A.
Lerner - M.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.