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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Ebbinghaus - H.
Fechner - G.
Kandel - E.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
2. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Premack - D.
Zimbardo - P.
Sheldon - W.
3. 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
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Gardner - H.
4. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Cattell - R.
Broadbent - D.
Tinbergen - N.
von Frisch - K.
5. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Milgram - S.
Paivio - A.
Skinner - B.F.
von Frisch - K.
6. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Spearman - C.
Penfield - W.
7. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Mischel - W.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Tinbergen - N.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
8. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Mischel - W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Lerner - M.
9. Proposed gate theory of pain
Skinner - B.F.
Loftus - E.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Bem - S.
10. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Loftus - E.
Schachter - S.
Janis - I.
Sheldon - W.
11. 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
Lewin - K.
Zajonc. R.
Paivio - A.
Thurstone - L.
12. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Heider - F.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
13. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Milner - B.
Heider - F.
Hering - E.
Loftus - E.
14. Studied attitude change
Janis - I.
Bandura - A.
Hovland - C.
Darwin - C.
15. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Lewin - K.
Gibson - J.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Luchins - A.
16. 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.
Zimbardo - P.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
McClelland - D.
17. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Kohler - W.
Lerner - M.
Helmholtz - H.
Freud - S.
18. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
Heider - F.
Fechner - G.
Sherif - M.
19. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Festinger - L.
Bekesy -G.
McClelland - D.
Bandura - A.
20. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Janis - I.
Tinbergen - N.
21. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Sherrington - C.
Erikson - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Gibson - J.
22. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Gardner - H.
Swets - John A.
McGuire - W.
Kernberg - O.
23. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Mahler - M.
Broadbent - D.
Freud - S.
24. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Gibson - J.
Miller - G.
Lewin - K.
Wilson - E. O.
25. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Kohler - W.
Spearman - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Pavlov - I.
26. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Hering - E.
Kandel - E.
Milgram - S.
Premack - D.
27. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Broca - P.
28. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Thorndike - E.
Watson - J.
Maslow - A.
Jung - C.
29. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Kernberg - O.
Maslow - A.
Heider - F.
30. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Loftus - E.
Maslow - A.
Kernberg - O.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
31. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
McClelland - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Luchins - A.
32. Studied observational learning
Mischel - W.
Bem - D.
Bandura - A.
Stevens - S. S.
33. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Hovland - C.
Asch - S.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Sternberg - R.
34. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Allport - G.
Kohler - W.
Cattell - R.
Wolpe - J.
35. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Kohler - W.
Eysenck - H.
Mahler - M.
Garcia - J.
36. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Tinbergen - N.
Mahler - M.
Bem - S.
Swets - John A.
37. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Mahler - M.
Bem - D.
Stevens - S. S.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
38. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Chomsky - N.
Bartlett - F.
Garcia - J.
Mischel - W.
39. 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.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Rotter - J.
Jung - C.
40. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Ebbinghaus - H.
Mahler - M.
Hering - E.
Garcia - J.
41. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Broca - P.
Rescorla - R.
Rogers - C.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
42. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Mahler - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Asch - S.
Bem - S.
43. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Thorndike - E.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Rescorla - R.
Wolpe - J.
44. Developed theory of isomorphism
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Kohler - W.
Darwin - C.
45. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Bandura - A.
Rotter - J.
Garcia - J.
Eysenck - H.
46. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
McClelland - D.
Bandura - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Adler - A.
47. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gardner - H.
Gibson - J.
Horney - K.
Bandura - A.
48. Studied locus of control
Broadbent - D.
Rotter - J.
Sheldon - W.
McGuire - W.
49. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Cannon - W.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
50. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Wernicke - C.
Horney - K.
Sherrington - C.
Schachter - S.