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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Object-relations theorist
Kernberg - O.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Darwin - C.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
2. Developed theory of isomorphism
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Eagly - A.
Kohler - W.
Sternberg - R.
3. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Sheldon - W.
Cattell - R.
Allport - G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
4. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Wilson - E. O.
Lorenz - K.
Sternberg - R.
5. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Spearman - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
6. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Allport - G.
McClelland - D.
7. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Cannon - W.
Helmholtz - H.
Bartlett - F.
Bem - S.
8. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Cannon - W.
Erikson - E.
Tinbergen - N.
Lerner - M.
9. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Zimbardo - P.
Bem - S.
Schachter - S.
Hering - E.
10. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
McGuire - W.
Garcia - J.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
11. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Maslow - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kelly - G.
12. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Bandura - A.
Gibson - J.
Premack - D.
13. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Rotter - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Rescorla - R.
14. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Thurstone - L.
Watson - J.
Cattell - R.
Skinner - B.F.
15. 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.
Spearman - C.
Jung - C.
Hall - E.
Milgram - S.
16. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Miller - G.
Asch - S.
Spearman - C.
Jung - C.
17. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Maslow - A.
Jung - C.
Wolpe - J.
Chomsky - N.
18. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Maslow - A.
Cannon - W.
Lorenz - K.
19. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Heider - F.
Winnicott - D.W.
Janis - I.
20. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Lorenz - K.
Rescorla - R.
Festinger - L.
Watson - J.
21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Cattell - R.
22. Founder of ego psychology
Sherif - M.
Cattell - R.
Freud - A.
Whorf - B.
23. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Jung - C.
Bem - D.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Gibson - J.
24. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
McClelland - D.
Festinger - L.
Hering - E.
25. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Stevens - S. S.
Bartlett - F.
Gardner - H.
Bem - S.
26. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Asch - S.
Cattell - R.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
27. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sherrington - C.
Bartlett - F.
28. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Penfield - W.
Garcia - J.
von Frisch - K.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
29. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Darwin - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
von Frisch - K.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
30. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Festinger - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
McClelland - D.
31. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Paivio - A.
Jung - C.
Stevens - S. S.
Horney - K.
32. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Jung - C.
Freud - S.
Whorf - B.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
33. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Luria - A.
Hall - E.
Rescorla - R.
34. Studied observational learning
Bartlett - F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Bandura - A.
Rogers - C.
35. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Newcomb - T.
Miller - G.
Fechner - G.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
36. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Hovland - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Helmholtz - H.
Bandura - A.
37. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Stevens - S. S.
Maslow - A.
38. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Watson - J.
Miller - G.
Premack - D.
39. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Kohler - W.
Lewin - K.
Heider - F.
40. Studied locus of control
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Pavlov - I.
Bandura - A.
Rotter - J.
41. 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
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Zajonc. R.
42. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Erikson - E.
Sherif - M.
Winnicott - D.W.
Eagly - A.
43. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Rotter - J.
Pavlov - I.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Witkin - H.
44. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Luchins - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Cattell - R.
Broca - P.
45. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Sherif - M.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Asch - S.
Helmholtz - H.
46. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Bem - S.
Zimbardo - P.
Wolpe - J.
Rescorla - R.
47. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Mischel - W.
Erikson - E.
Freud - A.
Garcia - J.
48. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Rogers - C.
Hall - E.
Broadbent - D.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
49. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Sperling - G.
Heider - F.
von Frisch - K.
50. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
McClelland - D.
Thorndike - E.
Cannon - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.