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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Maslow - A.
Rotter - J.
Wolpe - J.
Bem - S.
2. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Bandura - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Eysenck - H.
3. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Guilford - J.
Bem - S.
Darwin - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
4. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Cattell - R.
Broadbent - D.
Mahler - M.
5. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Sherrington - C.
Bekesy -G.
6. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Witkin - H.
Fechner - G.
Milgram - S.
Wolpe - J.
7. Proposed filter theory of attention
Asch - S.
Guilford - J.
Hall - E.
Broadbent - D.
8. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Rotter - J.
Miller - G.
Kelly - G.
Lewin - K.
9. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Witkin - H.
Garcia - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Chomsky - N.
10. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Berkeley - G.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Chomsky - N.
von Frisch - K.
11. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Guilford - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hering - E.
12. Studied locus of control
Garcia - J.
Rotter - J.
Freud - S.
Sternberg - R.
13. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Wernicke - C.
Hall - E.
Broadbent - D.
Witkin - H.
14. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Rogers - C.
Bartlett - F.
Bandura - A.
15. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Kandel - E.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Skinner - B.F.
Schachter - S.
16. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Newcomb - T.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Stevens - S. S.
Luchins - A.
17. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Zimbardo - P.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Lorenz - K.
18. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Adler - A.
Paivio - A.
Skinner - B.F.
19. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Freud - S.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Whorf - B.
Darwin - C.
20. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Paivio - A.
Asch - S.
Maslow - A.
Allport - G.
21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Watson - J.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Bandura - A.
Cattell - R.
22. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Cattell - R.
Gardner - H.
Sherif - M.
23. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Wilson - E. O.
Sperling - G.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
24. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Rotter - J.
Schachter - S.
von Frisch - K.
Luria - A.
25. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darwin - C.
Eagly - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
26. 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
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Zajonc. R.
27. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Witkin - H.
McClelland - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Spearman - C.
28. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Hovland - C.
Heider - F.
Sherif - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
29. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Heider - F.
Mahler - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
30. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Rogers - C.
Rotter - J.
Fechner - G.
Paivio - A.
31. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Stevens - S. S.
Skinner - B.F.
James - W. and Lange - C.
32. Developed sociobiology
Rotter - J.
Whorf - B.
Wilson - E. O.
Thurstone - L.
33. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Schachter - S.
Lorenz - K.
Ebbinghaus - H.
34. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Kelly - G.
Jung - C.
Loftus - E.
35. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Luria - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Hovland - C.
Bekesy -G.
36. Studied attitude change
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Witkin - H.
Hovland - C.
Schachter - S.
37. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Cannon - W.
Maslow - A.
Wernicke - C.
38. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Luchins - A.
Chomsky - N.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kohler - W.
39. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Klein - M.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Darwin - C.
Premack - D.
40. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Milner - B.
Wernicke - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
41. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
Janis - I.
Spearman - C.
Broadbent - D.
42. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Garcia - J.
Festinger - L.
Gardner - H.
43. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
Cattell - R.
Sherrington - C.
McClelland - D.
Kernberg - O.
44. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Pavlov - I.
Milgram - S.
45. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Klein - M.
Bem - S.
Lerner - M.
Schachter - S.
46. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Broca - P.
Horney - K.
Festinger - L.
Milner - B.
47. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
McGuire - W.
Broca - P.
Hall - E.
48. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Loftus - E.
Swets - John A.
Bem - S.
49. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Gibson - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Luria - A.
50. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Thorndike - E.
Gardner - H.
Hering - E.
Freud - A.
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