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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Gibson - J.
Thorndike - E.
Milgram - S.
Cannon - W.
2. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Kelly - G.
Kernberg - O.
Sperling - G.
Chomsky - N.
3. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Helmholtz - H.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Guilford - J.
4. Critic of trait theories of personality
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Zajonc. R.
Mischel - W.
Kandel - E.
5. Developed theory of isomorphism
Sperling - G.
Swets - John A.
Kohler - W.
Newcomb - T.
6. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Lerner - M.
Heider - F.
Freud - A.
Loftus - E.
7. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Gardner - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Luria - A.
8. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Wolpe - J.
Broca - P.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Kohler - W.
9. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Bandura - A.
Erikson - E.
Premack - D.
10. Proposed filter theory of attention
Cannon - W.
Bartlett - F.
Janis - I.
Broadbent - D.
11. Studied political norms
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Gardner - H.
Newcomb - T.
12. Founder of ego psychology
Rotter - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Freud - A.
Hering - E.
13. Object-relations theorist
Freud - A.
Kernberg - O.
Broadbent - D.
Gardner - H.
14. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Lewin - K.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Skinner - B.F.
15. Developed sociobiology
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Wilson - E. O.
Freud - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
16. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Sherif - M.
Rescorla - R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sternberg - R.
17. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Bandura - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kohler - W.
18. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Penfield - W.
Milner - B.
Zimbardo - P.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
19. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Penfield - W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Milner - B.
Skinner - B.F.
20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Lerner - M.
Schachter - S.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Milgram - S.
21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Zajonc. R.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Kernberg - O.
Cattell - R.
22. 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
Gibson - J.
Berkeley - G.
Gardner - H.
Cattell - R.
23. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Maslow - A.
McClelland - D.
Wolpe - J.
Thurstone - L.
24. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Bem - S.
Swets - John A.
McGuire - W.
Chomsky - N.
25. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Wolpe - J.
Stevens - S. S.
Hall - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
26. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Hovland - C.
Thorndike - E.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
27. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Freud - S.
Luria - A.
Kandel - E.
Milgram - S.
28. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Newcomb - T.
Lorenz - K.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
29. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Jung - C.
Swets - John A.
Adler - A.
Erikson - E.
30. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Bem - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Lerner - M.
31. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Eagly - A.
Sternberg - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
32. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Wolpe - J.
Heider - F.
33. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Miller - G.
Hall - E.
Freud - S.
Bekesy -G.
34. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Freud - A.
Kandel - E.
Mahler - M.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
35. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Darwin - C.
Thurstone - L.
von Frisch - K.
36. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Penfield - W.
Hovland - C.
Chomsky - N.
Sperling - G.
37. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Loftus - E.
Bem - D.
Premack - D.
38. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Skinner - B.F.
Freud - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
39. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Asch - S.
Luria - A.
40. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Mahler - M.
Bekesy -G.
41. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Lerner - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Helmholtz - H.
Kelly - G.
42. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Fechner - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
43. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Wolpe - J.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Loftus - E.
McGuire - W.
44. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Allport - G.
Sheldon - W.
Milner - B.
45. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Stevens - S. S.
Gibson - J.
von Frisch - K.
Thorndike - E.
46. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Lorenz - K.
Loftus - E.
Eysenck - H.
Bandura - A.
47. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Miller - G.
48. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Wernicke - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Cattell - R.
Sperling - G.
49. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Milner - B.
Winnicott - D.W.
Premack - D.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
50. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Kernberg - O.
Freud - S.
Cannon - W.
Rogers - C.