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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Hall - E.
Erikson - E.
von Frisch - K.
Darwin - C.
2. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Gibson - J.
Allport - G.
3. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Sherrington - C.
Luria - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
4. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Guilford - J.
Kohler - W.
Eysenck - H.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
5. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Premack - D.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Newcomb - T.
6. Studied observational learning
Lerner - M.
Bandura - A.
Horney - K.
Lewin - K.
7. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Swets - John A.
Zimbardo - P.
Tinbergen - N.
Lewin - K.
8. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Witkin - H.
Mahler - M.
Fechner - G.
9. Object-relations theorist
Ebbinghaus - H.
Kernberg - O.
Pavlov - I.
Zimbardo - P.
10. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Milner - B.
Tinbergen - N.
Milgram - S.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
11. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Horney - K.
Bem - S.
Stevens - S. S.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
12. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Asch - S.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Chomsky - N.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
13. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Broadbent - D.
Berkeley - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
14. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Cannon - W.
Helmholtz - H.
Tinbergen - N.
15. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Rogers - C.
Whorf - B.
Miller - G.
Kelly - G.
16. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Hall - E.
Sheldon - W.
17. Object-relations theorist
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Klein - M.
Cannon - W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
18. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kandel - E.
Chomsky - N.
Gardner - H.
19. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Bartlett - F.
Lerner - M.
Zajonc. R.
Gibson - J.
20. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Paivio - A.
Schachter - S.
Bem - S.
Freud - S.
21. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Rogers - C.
Milgram - S.
Asch - S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
22. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Helmholtz - H.
Luchins - A.
Sheldon - W.
23. 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
James - W. and Lange - C.
Zajonc. R.
Bartlett - F.
Bekesy -G.
24. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Adler - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Watson - J.
Bekesy -G.
25. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Milgram - S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
26. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sherif - M.
Eysenck - H.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sperling - G.
27. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Gibson - J.
Thorndike - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Whorf - B.
28. Developed theory of isomorphism
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kohler - W.
Allport - G.
Kandel - E.
29. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Mahler - M.
Kohler - W.
Penfield - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
30. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Mahler - M.
Gardner - H.
Kohler - W.
31. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Horney - K.
Kernberg - O.
32. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Freud - S.
Stevens - S. S.
Thurstone - L.
33. Performed study on doll preferences in African-American children; the results were used in the 1954 Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case.
Kernberg - O.
Maslow - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Rescorla - R.
34. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Freud - S.
Kohler - W.
Wernicke - C.
Rogers - C.
35. Proposed gate theory of pain
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sherrington - C.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
36. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Mischel - W.
Bandura - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Thorndike - E.
37. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Lewin - K.
Zimbardo - P.
Wilson - E. O.
von Frisch - K.
38. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Skinner - B.F.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Broadbent - D.
Eysenck - H.
39. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Sherrington - C.
Bem - D.
Maslow - A.
40. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Helmholtz - H.
Festinger - L.
Milgram - S.
Janis - I.
41. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Adler - A.
Cattell - R.
McGuire - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
42. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Kohler - W.
Lerner - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Maslow - A.
43. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Eysenck - H.
Skinner - B.F.
Bem - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
44. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Whorf - B.
Spearman - C.
Zimbardo - P.
45. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Cattell - R.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Pavlov - I.
Broca - P.
46. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Eysenck - H.
Allport - G.
Tinbergen - N.
47. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Hall - E.
Berkeley - G.
Paivio - A.
48. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Kernberg - O.
Eysenck - H.
Hering - E.
Bem - S.
49. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Bem - D.
Wilson - E. O.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
50. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Cannon - W.
Kandel - E.
McGuire - W.
Sherif - M.