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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. 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.
Wilson - E. O.
Sheldon - W.
Rescorla - R.
Jung - C.
2. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Broca - P.
Rogers - C.
Bandura - A.
3. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Bandura - A.
Sperling - G.
Erikson - E.
4. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Bartlett - F.
Winnicott - D.W.
von Frisch - K.
Watson - J.
5. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Loftus - E.
Kohler - W.
Hovland - C.
Hall - E.
6. 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.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Freud - S.
Sherrington - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
7. Studied insights in problem solving
Sherrington - C.
Bekesy -G.
Kohler - W.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
8. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Jung - C.
Rogers - C.
Luchins - A.
9. Object-relations theorist
Bem - S.
Winnicott - D.W.
Newcomb - T.
Rogers - C.
10. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Rotter - J.
Sherrington - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Maslow - A.
11. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Berkeley - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Gardner - H.
Milner - B.
12. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Swets - John A.
Sheldon - W.
Luria - A.
Adler - A.
13. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Asch - S.
Garcia - J.
Thorndike - E.
14. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Allport - G.
Penfield - W.
Bem - S.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
15. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hovland - C.
Freud - S.
Paivio - A.
16. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Bartlett - F.
Winnicott - D.W.
Kohler - W.
Watson - J.
17. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Guilford - J.
Gardner - H.
18. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Bartlett - F.
Skinner - B.F.
Kernberg - O.
19. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Maslow - A.
Bem - S.
Swets - John A.
20. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Sheldon - W.
Premack - D.
21. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Gibson - J.
Kernberg - O.
Darwin - C.
Bem - D.
22. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Lewin - K.
Mischel - W.
Gardner - H.
Penfield - W.
23. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
Luria - A.
Swets - John A.
James - W. and Lange - C.
24. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Sherif - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Pavlov - I.
25. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Miller - G.
Sternberg - R.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
26. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Eagly - A.
Gibson - J.
Asch - S.
27. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Gibson - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
28. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Stevens - S. S.
Cattell - R.
Wernicke - C.
Eysenck - H.
29. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Kelly - G.
Swets - John A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Wernicke - C.
30. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Loftus - E.
Maslow - A.
31. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Whorf - B.
Paivio - A.
Broadbent - D.
Eagly - A.
32. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Stevens - S. S.
Luchins - A.
Broca - P.
Pavlov - I.
33. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Bem - S.
Garcia - J.
Hering - E.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
34. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Jung - C.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Horney - K.
35. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Lewin - K.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Watson - J.
36. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Berkeley - G.
Rescorla - R.
37. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Sternberg - R.
Fechner - G.
Allport - G.
Kohler - W.
38. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Winnicott - D.W.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Rotter - J.
39. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Stevens - S. S.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Festinger - L.
Chomsky - N.
40. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Gardner - H.
Spearman - C.
Rogers - C.
Hovland - C.
41. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Sherrington - C.
Freud - S.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
42. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Rogers - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Gibson - J.
43. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Erikson - E.
Adler - A.
Cattell - R.
44. Developed sociobiology
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Broadbent - D.
Wilson - E. O.
Winnicott - D.W.
45. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Sherif - M.
Bekesy -G.
Bartlett - F.
Sheldon - W.
46. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Luria - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Rogers - C.
47. 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
Freud - S.
Garcia - J.
Gardner - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
48. Object-relations theorist
Hering - E.
Thorndike - E.
Klein - M.
Zajonc. R.
49. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Skinner - B.F.
Bekesy -G.
Helmholtz - H.
Whorf - B.
50. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Eagly - A.
Sherrington - C.
Cattell - R.
Berkeley - G.