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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Heider - F.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Fechner - G.
Horney - K.
2. Object-relations theorist
Allport - G.
Klein - M.
Maslow - A.
Freud - A.
3. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Garcia - J.
Sperling - G.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Hall - E.
4. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Maslow - A.
Lorenz - K.
Watson - J.
Klein - M.
5. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Zimbardo - P.
Broca - P.
Cattell - R.
Kohler - W.
6. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Janis - I.
Watson - J.
Whorf - B.
Spearman - C.
7. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Bandura - A.
Premack - D.
Freud - A.
Hering - E.
8. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Sternberg - R.
Tinbergen - N.
Broadbent - D.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
9. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Luria - A.
Horney - K.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
10. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Premack - D.
Luchins - A.
Tinbergen - N.
Eysenck - H.
11. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Darwin - C.
Swets - John A.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Thurstone - L.
12. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Winnicott - D.W.
Sherif - M.
Broadbent - D.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
13. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Gardner - H.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Ebbinghaus - H.
14. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Asch - S.
Cannon - W.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
15. Proposed filter theory of attention
Broadbent - D.
Rescorla - R.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
16. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Zajonc. R.
Asch - S.
Wernicke - C.
Mischel - W.
17. Critic of trait theories of personality
Sternberg - R.
Lorenz - K.
Mischel - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
18. Studied insights in problem solving
Cattell - R.
Jung - C.
Zajonc. R.
Kohler - W.
19. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Freud - S.
Cannon - W.
Guilford - J.
20. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Kandel - E.
Eysenck - H.
Schachter - S.
Erikson - E.
21. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Hering - E.
Horney - K.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
22. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Swets - John A.
Erikson - E.
23. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Heider - F.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
24. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Lorenz - K.
Whorf - B.
Gibson - J.
Heider - F.
25. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Skinner - B.F.
Hovland - C.
Premack - D.
Eysenck - H.
26. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Cattell - R.
Asch - S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Pavlov - I.
27. Studied locus of control
Garcia - J.
Kohler - W.
Rotter - J.
Skinner - B.F.
28. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Milner - B.
Penfield - W.
Eagly - A.
Skinner - B.F.
29. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Cattell - R.
Cannon - W.
Adler - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
30. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Winnicott - D.W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Zimbardo - P.
31. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Winnicott - D.W.
Miller - G.
Lewin - K.
Cattell - R.
32. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Watson - J.
Rogers - C.
Janis - I.
33. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Chomsky - N.
Sherif - M.
Miller - G.
McClelland - D.
34. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Loftus - E.
Kernberg - O.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Erikson - E.
35. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Helmholtz - H.
Tinbergen - N.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Thorndike - E.
36. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Luria - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Adler - A.
37. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Horney - K.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Kandel - E.
38. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Sheldon - W.
Hall - E.
Bekesy -G.
39. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Sherrington - C.
Paivio - A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
40. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Kohler - W.
Freud - S.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bandura - A.
41. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Helmholtz - H.
Premack - D.
Witkin - H.
Freud - A.
42. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Bekesy -G.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Hall - E.
43. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Darwin - C.
Sherrington - C.
Tinbergen - N.
Berkeley - G.
44. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Bandura - A.
Allport - G.
Bekesy -G.
Lorenz - K.
45. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Loftus - E.
Horney - K.
Sternberg - R.
Stevens - S. S.
46. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Spearman - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
James - W. and Lange - C.
47. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
Sherif - M.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Eagly - A.
48. 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.
Whorf - B.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Eagly - A.
Broca - P.
49. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Klein - M.
Janis - I.
Asch - S.
Kelly - G.
50. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Sheldon - W.
Witkin - H.
Bem - D.