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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied insights in problem solving
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Sperling - G.
Kohler - W.
Pavlov - I.
2. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Chomsky - N.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Newcomb - T.
3. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Festinger - L.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Zimbardo - P.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
4. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Bekesy -G.
Zajonc. R.
Kernberg - O.
5. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Skinner - B.F.
Gardner - H.
Pavlov - I.
Bekesy -G.
6. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Horney - K.
Zimbardo - P.
Garcia - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
7. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Luria - A.
Premack - D.
Bartlett - F.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
8. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
James - W. and Lange - C.
Mahler - M.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sheldon - W.
9. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Wilson - E. O.
Whorf - B.
Wolpe - J.
10. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wilson - E. O.
Rescorla - R.
11. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Wilson - E. O.
Allport - G.
Cattell - R.
Tinbergen - N.
12. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Maslow - A.
Whorf - B.
Bandura - A.
13. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Hovland - C.
Wernicke - C.
14. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Premack - D.
Bekesy -G.
Guilford - J.
Eysenck - H.
15. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Rotter - J.
Sperling - G.
Sternberg - R.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
16. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Erikson - E.
Sherrington - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Miller - G.
17. Developed theory of isomorphism
Wernicke - C.
Stevens - S. S.
Hovland - C.
Kohler - W.
18. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Milgram - S.
Broca - P.
Penfield - W.
Mahler - M.
19. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Thurstone - L.
Garcia - J.
Whorf - B.
20. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Bandura - A.
Swets - John A.
Sperling - G.
Hering - E.
21. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Lorenz - K.
Berkeley - G.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
22. Object-relations theorist
Whorf - B.
Pavlov - I.
Klein - M.
Loftus - E.
23. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Rogers - C.
Sherif - M.
Berkeley - G.
Thurstone - L.
24. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Cattell - R.
Luchins - A.
25. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Skinner - B.F.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hering - E.
26. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Bandura - A.
Milner - B.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
27. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Rescorla - R.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
28. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Guilford - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Cattell - R.
Spearman - C.
29. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Bartlett - F.
Wolpe - J.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Luchins - A.
30. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Sperling - G.
Heider - F.
Kohler - W.
Tinbergen - N.
31. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Bandura - A.
Asch - S.
Freud - S.
32. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Mischel - W.
Whorf - B.
Janis - I.
33. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Luria - A.
von Frisch - K.
Klein - M.
34. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Jung - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
von Frisch - K.
Kandel - E.
35. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Miller - G.
Broca - P.
Witkin - H.
Eysenck - H.
36. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Cattell - R.
Allport - G.
von Frisch - K.
37. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Sheldon - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Penfield - W.
38. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Eysenck - H.
Zimbardo - P.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
39. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Maslow - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
40. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Asch - S.
Zajonc. R.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Ebbinghaus - H.
41. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Jung - C.
Darwin - C.
Luria - A.
42. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Jung - C.
Mischel - W.
Whorf - B.
43. Studied locus of control
Berkeley - G.
Rotter - J.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Zimbardo - P.
44. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Freud - S.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Allport - G.
45. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
McGuire - W.
Sheldon - W.
46. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Lorenz - K.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
47. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
von Frisch - K.
Spearman - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
48. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Luria - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
49. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Maslow - A.
Asch - S.
50. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Kohler - W.
Spearman - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.