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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Allport - G.
Gardner - H.
Sternberg - R.
2. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Sherrington - C.
Pavlov - I.
Jung - C.
McClelland - D.
3. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Zimbardo - P.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Fechner - G.
4. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Kelly - G.
Wolpe - J.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Premack - D.
5. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Asch - S.
McGuire - W.
Luria - A.
Bekesy -G.
6. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gibson - J.
Bandura - A.
Cattell - R.
Kandel - E.
7. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Paivio - A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Stevens - S. S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
8. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Skinner - B.F.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
von Frisch - K.
9. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Bandura - A.
Hering - E.
Miller - G.
Thurstone - L.
10. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Rogers - C.
Freud - A.
Kandel - E.
Swets - John A.
11. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Milner - B.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Watson - J.
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
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Mischel - W.
Cattell - R.
Chomsky - N.
13. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Milner - B.
Premack - D.
Witkin - H.
14. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Zimbardo - P.
Sheldon - W.
15. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Erikson - E.
Bartlett - F.
Darwin - C.
Loftus - E.
16. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Horney - K.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
McClelland - D.
Zimbardo - P.
17. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Schachter - S.
Bandura - A.
Heider - F.
Sheldon - W.
18. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
McGuire - W.
Lewin - K.
19. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Premack - D.
Chomsky - N.
Sheldon - W.
20. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Erikson - E.
Premack - D.
Stevens - S. S.
21. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Whorf - B.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
22. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Bem - D.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Adler - A.
23. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Bartlett - F.
Wilson - E. O.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Wolpe - J.
24. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Wilson - E. O.
Jung - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Eagly - A.
25. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Erikson - E.
Swets - John A.
Bekesy -G.
26. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Swets - John A.
Witkin - H.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
27. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Bartlett - F.
Maslow - A.
Paivio - A.
Loftus - E.
28. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Broca - P.
Maslow - A.
Bandura - A.
Hovland - C.
29. Proposed gate theory of pain
Sherrington - C.
Thorndike - E.
Cattell - R.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
30. Object-relations theorist
Sternberg - R.
Cattell - R.
Janis - I.
Winnicott - D.W.
31. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Heider - F.
Mischel - W.
Lorenz - K.
32. Founder of ego psychology
McClelland - D.
Mischel - W.
Freud - A.
Zajonc. R.
33. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Jung - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
von Frisch - K.
34. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Sherif - M.
Miller - G.
Eagly - A.
35. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Bem - S.
Helmholtz - H.
McClelland - D.
36. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Janis - I.
Sherrington - C.
Spearman - C.
37. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Fechner - G.
Whorf - B.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
38. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Swets - John A.
Berkeley - G.
39. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Broadbent - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Pavlov - I.
40. 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
Gardner - H.
Kandel - E.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
41. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Eysenck - H.
Freud - S.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Rogers - C.
42. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Klein - M.
Whorf - B.
Bandura - A.
Sperling - G.
43. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Heider - F.
Berkeley - G.
Pavlov - I.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
44. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Eysenck - H.
Luria - A.
Loftus - E.
Milner - B.
45. Object-relations theorist
Miller - G.
Kohler - W.
Helmholtz - H.
Klein - M.
46. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Klein - M.
Maslow - A.
Rogers - C.
Miller - G.
47. Studied insights in problem solving
Kohler - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Wilson - E. O.
Skinner - B.F.
48. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Garcia - J.
Zimbardo - P.
Tinbergen - N.
Miller - G.
49. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Watson - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Kohler - W.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
50. Critic of trait theories of personality
Klein - M.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Mischel - W.