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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Object-relations theorist
Garcia - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
2. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Spearman - C.
Lewin - K.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
3. Studied political norms
Newcomb - T.
Eagly - A.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
4. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Gibson - J.
Guilford - J.
Horney - K.
5. Object-relations theorist
Lewin - K.
Kernberg - O.
Milner - B.
Wernicke - C.
6. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Hering - E.
Tinbergen - N.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Rotter - J.
7. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Mischel - W.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Rescorla - R.
8. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Skinner - B.F.
Schachter - S.
Erikson - E.
Watson - J.
9. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Hovland - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Darwin - C.
Kernberg - O.
10. Object-relations theorist
Spearman - C.
Klein - M.
Eysenck - H.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
11. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bartlett - F.
Erikson - E.
12. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Luria - A.
Sperling - G.
Heider - F.
Premack - D.
13. 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
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Gardner - H.
Bandura - A.
Premack - D.
14. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Heider - F.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Sherrington - C.
15. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Eysenck - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Wernicke - C.
16. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Allport - G.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Milner - B.
17. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Bem - S.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Eysenck - H.
18. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Lorenz - K.
Miller - G.
Gibson - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
19. Studied insights in problem solving
Whorf - B.
Kohler - W.
von Frisch - K.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
20. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Gibson - J.
Lerner - M.
Cattell - R.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
21. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Lorenz - K.
Milgram - S.
Skinner - B.F.
Freud - S.
22. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Rotter - J.
Wilson - E. O.
23. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Hall - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Witkin - H.
Tinbergen - N.
24. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
McGuire - W.
Penfield - W.
Skinner - B.F.
Bem - D.
25. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Rescorla - R.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Heider - F.
Lerner - M.
26. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Asch - S.
Horney - K.
Milner - B.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
27. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Paivio - A.
Cattell - R.
Helmholtz - H.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
28. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Penfield - W.
Guilford - J.
Allport - G.
Maslow - A.
29. Developed sociobiology
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Wilson - E. O.
Winnicott - D.W.
30. Proposed filter theory of attention
Skinner - B.F.
Broadbent - D.
Wernicke - C.
Sperling - G.
31. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Wolpe - J.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
32. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Kelly - G.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Bartlett - F.
33. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Paivio - A.
Adler - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
34. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Jung - C.
Bandura - A.
Mahler - M.
Spearman - C.
35. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Milner - B.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Heider - F.
36. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
von Frisch - K.
Skinner - B.F.
Bandura - A.
Kelly - G.
37. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Bem - S.
Asch - S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Milgram - S.
38. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Eagly - A.
Gibson - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Sperling - G.
39. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Bem - S.
Penfield - W.
Asch - S.
40. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Watson - J.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Bekesy -G.
41. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bandura - A.
Bem - D.
Lewin - K.
42. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Paivio - A.
Schachter - S.
Mischel - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
43. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Paivio - A.
Luria - A.
Stevens - S. S.
44. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Lorenz - K.
Winnicott - D.W.
Miller - G.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
45. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Skinner - B.F.
McClelland - D.
Asch - S.
46. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Erikson - E.
Darwin - C.
Helmholtz - H.
47. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Winnicott - D.W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Hering - E.
48. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Maslow - A.
Kohler - W.
Lewin - K.
Asch - S.
49. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Lerner - M.
Freud - S.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wilson - E. O.
50. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Hall - E.
Thorndike - E.
Asch - S.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.