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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Mahler - M.
Thurstone - L.
Kernberg - O.
Bem - S.
2. Founder of ego psychology
Bem - D.
Freud - A.
Lorenz - K.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
3. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Spearman - C.
Paivio - A.
Wolpe - J.
4. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Festinger - L.
Freud - S.
Schachter - S.
Jung - C.
5. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Wolpe - J.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Loftus - E.
Luria - A.
6. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Kohler - W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Ebbinghaus - H.
McGuire - W.
7. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Thurstone - L.
Festinger - L.
Chomsky - N.
8. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Tinbergen - N.
Erikson - E.
Newcomb - T.
McClelland - D.
9. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Darwin - C.
McClelland - D.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Schachter - S.
10. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Miller - G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
11. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Spearman - C.
Horney - K.
Hovland - C.
12. Object-relations theorist
Schachter - S.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Mahler - M.
Wernicke - C.
13. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lerner - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Schachter - S.
Lorenz - K.
14. Proposed filter theory of attention
McGuire - W.
Broadbent - D.
Eysenck - H.
Broca - P.
15. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Sherif - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
von Frisch - K.
16. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Kernberg - O.
Gardner - H.
McGuire - W.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
17. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Broadbent - D.
Whorf - B.
Festinger - L.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
18. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Luria - A.
Fechner - G.
Mahler - M.
19. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Luria - A.
Hall - E.
Bartlett - F.
James - W. and Lange - C.
20. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Hall - E.
Skinner - B.F.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
21. Studied political norms
Kohler - W.
Freud - S.
Newcomb - T.
Klein - M.
22. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
McClelland - D.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kelly - G.
23. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Miller - G.
Kohler - W.
Hall - E.
Thorndike - E.
24. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Kohler - W.
Whorf - B.
Witkin - H.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
25. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Maslow - A.
Helmholtz - H.
26. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Cattell - R.
Bem - D.
Thorndike - E.
Festinger - L.
27. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hall - E.
Luria - A.
28. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Bartlett - F.
Wernicke - C.
29. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Asch - S.
Newcomb - T.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Sperling - G.
30. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Janis - I.
von Frisch - K.
Broca - P.
31. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Rogers - C.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Gardner - H.
32. 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.
Jung - C.
Bekesy -G.
Janis - I.
McGuire - W.
33. Object-relations theorist
Whorf - B.
Klein - M.
Spearman - C.
Freud - S.
34. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Sternberg - R.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
35. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Witkin - H.
36. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Gardner - H.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
McGuire - W.
37. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Thorndike - E.
Skinner - B.F.
Wolpe - J.
38. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Pavlov - I.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Janis - I.
39. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Kernberg - O.
Guilford - J.
Hall - E.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
40. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Sherif - M.
Luchins - A.
Hall - E.
Watson - J.
41. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Adler - A.
Lewin - K.
Milner - B.
Eagly - A.
42. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Kernberg - O.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Kohler - W.
43. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Hall - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Lorenz - K.
44. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Kohler - W.
McGuire - W.
Asch - S.
45. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Chomsky - N.
Erikson - E.
Sheldon - W.
46. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kandel - E.
Gibson - J.
47. Proposed gate theory of pain
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Rotter - J.
Broadbent - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
48. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Lerner - M.
Kandel - E.
Sperling - G.
Fechner - G.
49. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Newcomb - T.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Bekesy -G.
Cattell - R.
50. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Rescorla - R.
von Frisch - K.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Sheldon - W.
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