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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Asch - S.
Guilford - J.
Sheldon - W.
Berkeley - G.
2. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Festinger - L.
Cattell - R.
Garcia - J.
3. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Wolpe - J.
Hovland - C.
Cannon - W.
Zajonc. R.
4. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Milner - B.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Lerner - M.
James - W. and Lange - C.
5. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Premack - D.
Gibson - J.
6. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Eysenck - H.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
von Frisch - K.
Gardner - H.
7. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kohler - W.
Hovland - C.
8. Critic of trait theories of personality
Watson - J.
Mischel - W.
Luria - A.
Sherif - M.
9. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Eagly - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
Premack - D.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
10. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Hering - E.
Paivio - A.
Gardner - H.
11. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Allport - G.
Gardner - H.
Sperling - G.
12. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Garcia - J.
Mischel - W.
13. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Lorenz - K.
Zimbardo - P.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Tinbergen - N.
14. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Paivio - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Rotter - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
15. Developed sociobiology
Gardner - H.
Freud - S.
Wilson - E. O.
Eagly - A.
16. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Schachter - S.
Bem - S.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Eagly - A.
17. 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.
Kohler - W.
Luria - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Eysenck - H.
18. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Pavlov - I.
Sheldon - W.
Darwin - C.
19. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Freud - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Loftus - E.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
20. 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
Penfield - W.
Zajonc. R.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Watson - J.
21. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Cattell - R.
Luria - A.
Kernberg - O.
Chomsky - N.
22. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Thorndike - E.
Mischel - W.
Guilford - J.
Berkeley - G.
23. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Rescorla - R.
Watson - J.
Broca - P.
Hovland - C.
24. Studied political norms
Thorndike - E.
Mischel - W.
Newcomb - T.
Mahler - M.
25. 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.
Luria - A.
Lerner - M.
Eysenck - H.
26. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Watson - J.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Spearman - C.
Bandura - A.
27. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Freud - S.
Winnicott - D.W.
28. 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
Gardner - H.
Hovland - C.
Guilford - J.
Rogers - C.
29. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Skinner - B.F.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Swets - John A.
30. Proposed filter theory of attention
Klein - M.
Broadbent - D.
Allport - G.
Wolpe - J.
31. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Witkin - H.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Eagly - A.
Skinner - B.F.
32. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
von Frisch - K.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Freud - S.
33. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Newcomb - T.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Freud - S.
34. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Miller - G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sheldon - W.
Premack - D.
35. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Milner - B.
Erikson - E.
Chomsky - N.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
36. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Lerner - M.
Loftus - E.
Milner - B.
Helmholtz - H.
37. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Jung - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hall - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.
38. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Paivio - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Witkin - H.
Penfield - W.
39. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Zimbardo - P.
Darwin - C.
Stevens - S. S.
Milgram - S.
40. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Penfield - W.
Kelly - G.
41. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Jung - C.
Janis - I.
Spearman - C.
42. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Bandura - A.
Klein - M.
Bartlett - F.
Chomsky - N.
43. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Skinner - B.F.
Chomsky - N.
McClelland - D.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
44. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Cannon - W.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Horney - K.
Milner - B.
45. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Rogers - C.
Festinger - L.
46. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Schachter - S.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Hering - E.
47. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Newcomb - T.
Wolpe - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Skinner - B.F.
48. Object-relations theorist
James - W. and Lange - C.
Kohler - W.
Kelly - G.
Kernberg - O.
49. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Newcomb - T.
50. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kelly - G.