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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Wernicke - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Lerner - M.
Kohler - W.
2. Studied insights in problem solving
Chomsky - N.
Allport - G.
Luchins - A.
Kohler - W.
3. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
von Frisch - K.
Bandura - A.
Asch - S.
Allport - G.
4. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Allport - G.
Sherrington - C.
5. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Paivio - A.
Darwin - C.
Kernberg - O.
6. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Adler - A.
Loftus - E.
Wernicke - C.
Luria - A.
7. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Loftus - E.
Tinbergen - N.
Gibson - J.
Wilson - E. O.
8. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Horney - K.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Luchins - A.
Hering - E.
9. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Jung - C.
Janis - I.
Kohler - W.
Lewin - K.
10. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Bartlett - F.
Klein - M.
Penfield - W.
11. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Guilford - J.
12. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Stevens - S. S.
Allport - G.
Kelly - G.
13. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Helmholtz - H.
Thorndike - E.
Eagly - A.
14. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Cattell - R.
Eysenck - H.
15. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Mahler - M.
Cattell - R.
Horney - K.
Bandura - A.
16. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Miller - G.
Luchins - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
Sternberg - R.
17. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Heider - F.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Premack - D.
18. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Freud - S.
Kohler - W.
Maslow - A.
Mahler - M.
19. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Chomsky - N.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Rescorla - R.
Kandel - E.
20. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kernberg - O.
Stevens - S. S.
21. Object-relations theorist
Janis - I.
Sternberg - R.
Paivio - A.
Winnicott - D.W.
22. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
McClelland - D.
Broca - P.
Garcia - J.
Freud - A.
23. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Gardner - H.
Mahler - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Helmholtz - H.
24. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Lewin - K.
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
Swets - John A.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Hovland - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
26. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Klein - M.
Jung - C.
27. Developed theory of isomorphism
Kohler - W.
Horney - K.
Cattell - R.
Winnicott - D.W.
28. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Klein - M.
Berkeley - G.
29. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Cannon - W.
Jung - C.
30. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Wolpe - J.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Zajonc. R.
31. 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.
Sternberg - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hering - E.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
32. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Sherif - M.
Bandura - A.
Kandel - E.
Witkin - H.
33. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
von Frisch - K.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Jung - C.
34. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Skinner - B.F.
Kandel - E.
Milner - B.
Hall - E.
35. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Hering - E.
Darwin - C.
Swets - John A.
Sherrington - C.
36. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Adler - A.
von Frisch - K.
Rogers - C.
37. Object-relations theorist
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Kernberg - O.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Hovland - C.
38. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Bekesy -G.
Garcia - J.
Bartlett - F.
Miller - G.
39. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Garcia - J.
Festinger - L.
Skinner - B.F.
Gardner - H.
40. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
James - W. and Lange - C.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Darwin - C.
Schachter - S.
41. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Fechner - G.
Skinner - B.F.
Janis - I.
Zimbardo - P.
42. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Milgram - S.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Gibson - J.
43. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Kandel - E.
Thurstone - L.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
44. 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
Cattell - R.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Gardner - H.
Thurstone - L.
45. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Allport - G.
Rogers - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Bandura - A.
46. Studied political norms
Fechner - G.
Hall - E.
Newcomb - T.
Penfield - W.
47. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Janis - I.
Helmholtz - H.
Pavlov - I.
48. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Lorenz - K.
Bandura - A.
Sternberg - R.
49. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Janis - I.
Tinbergen - N.
Sperling - G.
Rogers - C.
50. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
McClelland - D.
Premack - D.
Witkin - H.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.