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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Pavlov - I.
Maslow - A.
Swets - John A.
2. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Cattell - R.
Paivio - A.
3. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Sherif - M.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Eagly - A.
4. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Sherif - M.
Adler - A.
Mischel - W.
5. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Gardner - H.
Bem - D.
Broca - P.
Sheldon - W.
6. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Stevens - S. S.
Lorenz - K.
7. Proposed filter theory of attention
Kohler - W.
Bem - S.
Broadbent - D.
Guilford - J.
8. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Horney - K.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Schachter - S.
Skinner - B.F.
9. Founder of ego psychology
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Helmholtz - H.
Freud - S.
Freud - A.
10. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Sherif - M.
Bem - D.
Zajonc. R.
11. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Kohler - W.
Wolpe - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Loftus - E.
12. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Rescorla - R.
Fechner - G.
Wernicke - C.
Rotter - J.
13. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Premack - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Heider - F.
14. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Wolpe - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Berkeley - G.
Guilford - J.
15. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Kernberg - O.
Festinger - L.
Milner - B.
16. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Eagly - A.
Zajonc. R.
Kelly - G.
17. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Lorenz - K.
Broadbent - D.
18. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Wernicke - C.
McGuire - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Lorenz - K.
19. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Heider - F.
Cannon - W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
20. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S.
Spearman - C.
Sherif - M.
Bandura - A.
21. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Zimbardo - P.
Loftus - E.
Festinger - L.
Gardner - H.
22. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Paivio - A.
Wernicke - C.
Rotter - J.
McGuire - W.
23. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Lerner - M.
Eysenck - H.
Helmholtz - H.
Bem - S.
24. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Mischel - W.
Premack - D.
Winnicott - D.W.
Thorndike - E.
25. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Berkeley - G.
Jung - C.
Asch - S.
26. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Wolpe - J.
Skinner - B.F.
Sherif - M.
27. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Sperling - G.
Garcia - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
28. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Bekesy -G.
von Frisch - K.
Sheldon - W.
Spearman - C.
29. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Eagly - A.
Wolpe - J.
Hering - E.
Sperling - G.
30. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Sherrington - C.
Stevens - S. S.
Newcomb - T.
Sperling - G.
31. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Kohler - W.
Wilson - E. O.
Gardner - H.
32. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Milgram - S.
Erikson - E.
Sherrington - C.
33. Object-relations theorist
Schachter - S.
Kernberg - O.
Skinner - B.F.
Horney - K.
34. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Allport - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
Hall - E.
35. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Bem - S.
Chomsky - N.
von Frisch - K.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
36. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Gibson - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
37. Proposed gate theory of pain
Klein - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Penfield - W.
38. Studied observational learning
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Bandura - A.
Loftus - E.
Maslow - A.
39. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Swets - John A.
Gibson - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
McClelland - D.
40. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Allport - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Rogers - C.
Adler - A.
41. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Premack - D.
Lerner - M.
Erikson - E.
42. Studied insights in problem solving
Swets - John A.
Luchins - A.
Zajonc. R.
Kohler - W.
43. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Bem - S.
Milgram - S.
Tinbergen - N.
Bem - D.
44. 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.
Milgram - S.
Kandel - E.
Winnicott - D.W.
Jung - C.
45. Object-relations theorist
Winnicott - D.W.
Erikson - E.
Darwin - C.
Rotter - J.
46. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Pavlov - I.
Loftus - E.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
47. 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.
Berkeley - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Pavlov - I.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
48. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Berkeley - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
49. Critic of trait theories of personality
Bem - D.
Thurstone - L.
Mischel - W.
Wolpe - J.
50. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Rogers - C.
Bandura - A.