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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Fechner - G.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Wolpe - J.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
2. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Miller - G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kandel - E.
3. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Festinger - L.
Winnicott - D.W.
4. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Rescorla - R.
Mahler - M.
5. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Ebbinghaus - H.
Bekesy -G.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Milgram - S.
6. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Mahler - M.
Lerner - M.
Schachter - S.
Zimbardo - P.
7. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Swets - John A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Bandura - A.
8. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Kelly - G.
Sheldon - W.
Wernicke - C.
9. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Pavlov - I.
Freud - A.
Wolpe - J.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
10. Object-relations theorist
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Allport - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Kernberg - O.
11. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Luchins - A.
Penfield - W.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Mahler - M.
12. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Festinger - L.
Skinner - B.F.
Helmholtz - H.
13. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Gibson - J.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Wolpe - J.
Wernicke - C.
14. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Rotter - J.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Hall - E.
Pavlov - I.
15. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Bem - S.
Swets - John A.
von Frisch - K.
Sternberg - R.
16. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Hall - E.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Mahler - M.
Fechner - G.
17. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Guilford - J.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Schachter - S.
18. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Darwin - C.
Stevens - S. S.
Pavlov - I.
19. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Spearman - C.
Hering - E.
McGuire - W.
Lewin - K.
20. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Eysenck - H.
Bekesy -G.
Adler - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
21. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Wilson - E. O.
Garcia - J.
Newcomb - T.
Chomsky - N.
22. Object-relations theorist
Bandura - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Swets - John A.
Klein - M.
23. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Helmholtz - H.
Zimbardo - P.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
24. Founder of ego psychology
Asch - S.
Freud - A.
Paivio - A.
Chomsky - N.
25. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Cattell - R.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
26. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Freud - S.
Zajonc. R.
Tinbergen - N.
27. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Luchins - A.
Newcomb - T.
Whorf - B.
28. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Fechner - G.
Sheldon - W.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
McGuire - W.
29. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Hovland - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Premack - D.
30. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Heider - F.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Bem - D.
31. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Sheldon - W.
Guilford - J.
Watson - J.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
32. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Swets - John A.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Rogers - C.
Kelly - G.
33. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Kandel - E.
Swets - John A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Helmholtz - H.
34. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bekesy -G.
Festinger - L.
Sternberg - R.
35. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Freud - A.
Lorenz - K.
Skinner - B.F.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
36. Object-relations theorist
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Witkin - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
Kernberg - O.
37. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Sherif - M.
Kohler - W.
38. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Darwin - C.
Zajonc. R.
Miller - G.
39. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
McGuire - W.
Lerner - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Wilson - E. O.
40. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Garcia - J.
Thorndike - E.
Bem - D.
Milner - B.
41. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Horney - K.
Jung - C.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Broca - P.
42. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Paivio - A.
Miller - G.
Spearman - C.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
43. Studied insights in problem solving
Skinner - B.F.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Kohler - W.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
44. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
McClelland - D.
Stevens - S. S.
Berkeley - G.
45. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Penfield - W.
Bem - D.
Hall - E.
Eagly - A.
46. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Milner - B.
Luria - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
47. Developed sociobiology
Schachter - S.
Wilson - E. O.
Broadbent - D.
Wolpe - J.
48. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Bem - D.
von Frisch - K.
Sperling - G.
Kohler - W.
49. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Guilford - J.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Lorenz - K.
50. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Cattell - R.
McGuire - W.
Horney - K.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.