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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses
Milgram - S.
Zajonc. R.
Hering - E.
Kandel - E.
2. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Luchins - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Cattell - R.
Tinbergen - N.
3. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Bandura - A.
Stevens - S. S.
Miller - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
4. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Erikson - E.
Bekesy -G.
Fechner - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
5. 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
Bem - D.
Gardner - H.
Swets - John A.
Festinger - L.
6. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Ebbinghaus - H.
Zimbardo - P.
Berkeley - G.
Broadbent - D.
7. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Bandura - A.
Bartlett - F.
8. Critic of trait theories of personality
Mischel - W.
Sheldon - W.
Gibson - J.
Penfield - W.
9. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Guilford - J.
Sheldon - W.
Lerner - M.
Sherif - M.
10. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Adler - A.
Cannon - W.
11. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Bandura - A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Broca - P.
12. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Thorndike - E.
Sherrington - C.
Loftus - E.
13. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Newcomb - T.
Rotter - J.
Eysenck - H.
14. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Sperling - G.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Kernberg - O.
Zimbardo - P.
15. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
Erikson - E.
Darwin - C.
Sperling - G.
16. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Guilford - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Lerner - M.
17. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Paivio - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
18. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Luchins - A.
Bem - D.
Witkin - H.
Kohler - W.
19. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Sherif - M.
Kelly - G.
Hall - E.
Zajonc. R.
20. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
McClelland - D.
Chomsky - N.
Lewin - K.
Penfield - W.
21. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Penfield - W.
Guilford - J.
Bem - D.
22. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Schachter - S.
Klein - M.
Maslow - A.
Festinger - L.
23. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Sheldon - W.
Bandura - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Kandel - E.
24. Studied locus of control
Watson - J.
Rotter - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
25. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Sherif - M.
Chomsky - N.
Watson - J.
26. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Cattell - R.
Bandura - A.
Adler - A.
Kandel - E.
27. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Bekesy -G.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Lerner - M.
Eysenck - H.
28. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Bandura - A.
Hovland - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Swets - John A.
29. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Milgram - S.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Freud - S.
Watson - J.
30. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Spearman - C.
Gibson - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
31. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Jung - C.
Helmholtz - H.
Cattell - R.
32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Milgram - S.
Cattell - R.
Kelly - G.
Whorf - B.
33. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Sheldon - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Jung - C.
Schachter - S.
34. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Tinbergen - N.
Fechner - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
35. Studied insights in problem solving
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Kohler - W.
Thorndike - E.
36. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Kelly - G.
Heider - F.
Klein - M.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
37. Proposed filter theory of attention
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Broadbent - D.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Skinner - B.F.
38. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Klein - M.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Bem - S.
39. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sherrington - C.
Erikson - E.
Hovland - C.
40. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Thorndike - E.
Heider - F.
Tinbergen - N.
Rogers - C.
41. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Mahler - M.
Spearman - C.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Cattell - R.
42. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Bekesy -G.
Bem - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
43. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Milner - B.
Luchins - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
44. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Bekesy -G.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
45. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Sheldon - W.
Sherrington - C.
Milner - B.
46. Developed sociobiology
Kelly - G.
Wilson - E. O.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Newcomb - T.
47. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Ebbinghaus - H.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Sheldon - W.
James - W. and Lange - C.
48. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Newcomb - T.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sheldon - W.
Hall - E.
49. Proposed gate theory of pain
Heider - F.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Bekesy -G.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
50. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Sherrington - C.
Gibson - J.
Whorf - B.