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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Sperling - G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Gibson - J.
Allport - G.
2. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Sherif - M.
Tinbergen - N.
Hovland - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
3. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
von Frisch - K.
Heider - F.
Kelly - G.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
4. Studied observational learning
Chomsky - N.
Bandura - A.
Kelly - G.
Bem - S.
5. Founder of ego psychology
Watson - J.
Freud - A.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Sherif - M.
6. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Wilson - E. O.
Milgram - S.
Klein - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
7. Object-relations theorist
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Klein - M.
Gibson - J.
Premack - D.
8. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Fechner - G.
Kelly - G.
Bem - S.
9. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Thorndike - E.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Wolpe - J.
10. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Cattell - R.
Asch - S.
Bekesy -G.
Winnicott - D.W.
11. Object-relations theorist
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Gardner - H.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Winnicott - D.W.
12. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Sherif - M.
Klein - M.
13. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Lorenz - K.
Schachter - S.
James - W. and Lange - C.
14. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Loftus - E.
Bem - D.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Spearman - C.
15. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sperling - G.
Guilford - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Broadbent - D.
16. Studied locus of control
Rotter - J.
Penfield - W.
Bartlett - F.
Bem - S.
17. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Adler - A.
Witkin - H.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Freud - S.
18. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Kohler - W.
Paivio - A.
McClelland - D.
Ebbinghaus - H.
19. Developed sociobiology
Wilson - E. O.
Cattell - R.
Swets - John A.
Chomsky - N.
20. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Lorenz - K.
Bartlett - F.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Freud - S.
21. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milgram - S.
Milner - B.
Broca - P.
Garcia - J.
22. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Gibson - J.
Broadbent - D.
Cannon - W.
Sternberg - R.
23. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Bem - D.
Janis - I.
Bem - S.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
24. Object-relations theorist
Swets - John A.
Premack - D.
Kernberg - O.
Paivio - A.
25. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Luchins - A.
26. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Newcomb - T.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
27. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Newcomb - T.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Klein - M.
Gardner - H.
28. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Bem - S.
Erikson - E.
Sternberg - R.
29. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Cattell - R.
Bem - D.
Heider - F.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
30. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Wolpe - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Festinger - L.
Whorf - B.
31. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Cattell - R.
Bandura - A.
Loftus - E.
Whorf - B.
32. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Miller - G.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Spearman - C.
Berkeley - G.
33. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Guilford - J.
34. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Premack - D.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Sherif - M.
Eysenck - H.
35. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Lorenz - K.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sherrington - C.
36. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Swets - John A.
Chomsky - N.
37. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Kandel - E.
Garcia - J.
Miller - G.
Bekesy -G.
38. Studied political norms
Rescorla - R.
Newcomb - T.
Sternberg - R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
39. Studied attitude change
Maslow - A.
Luria - A.
Wilson - E. O.
Hovland - C.
40. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Festinger - L.
Thorndike - E.
Berkeley - G.
Pavlov - I.
41. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Klein - M.
Wernicke - C.
Thorndike - E.
42. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Watson - J.
Rotter - J.
Janis - I.
43. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Mischel - W.
Premack - D.
Thurstone - L.
Berkeley - G.
44. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Erikson - E.
Lorenz - K.
Janis - I.
Stevens - S. S.
45. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
McClelland - D.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Luchins - A.
Sternberg - R.
46. Proposed gate theory of pain
Thurstone - L.
Adler - A.
Wernicke - C.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
47. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Schachter - S.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Festinger - L.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
48. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Luchins - A.
Swets - John A.
Bem - D.
Cannon - W.
49. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Wolpe - J.
Bem - S.
Lewin - K.
Swets - John A.
50. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Tinbergen - N.
Pavlov - I.
Rescorla - R.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
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