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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Mahler - M.
Sternberg - R.
Gardner - H.
Rogers - C.
2. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Bartlett - F.
McGuire - W.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Kelly - G.
3. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Thorndike - E.
Milgram - S.
Darwin - C.
Milner - B.
4. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
McGuire - W.
Erikson - E.
Asch - S.
5. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method
Sherrington - C.
Sperling - G.
Sherif - M.
Kandel - E.
6. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Zajonc. R.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Sherif - M.
Fechner - G.
7. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Bem - S.
Garcia - J.
Asch - S.
Wilson - E. O.
8. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Sherrington - C.
Cattell - R.
Freud - A.
Zajonc. R.
9. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Cannon - W.
Thurstone - L.
10. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)
Kohler - W.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Bandura - A.
Eysenck - H.
11. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Witkin - H.
Rogers - C.
Hall - E.
12. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Witkin - H.
Freud - A.
Janis - I.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
13. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Lerner - M.
Zajonc. R.
Asch - S.
Sperling - G.
14. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Fechner - G.
Sheldon - W.
Guilford - J.
15. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Gardner - H.
Broca - P.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Thurstone - L.
16. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Gibson - J.
Eagly - A.
Bem - D.
Kohler - W.
17. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry
Freud - S.
Janis - I.
Fechner - G.
Penfield - W.
18. Studied observational learning
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Bandura - A.
Loftus - E.
Chomsky - N.
19. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Bandura - A.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Horney - K.
Watson - J.
20. Studied political norms
Klein - M.
Winnicott - D.W.
Chomsky - N.
Newcomb - T.
21. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Premack - D.
22. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Winnicott - D.W.
Sperling - G.
Zajonc. R.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
23. Studied attitude change
Watson - J.
Wernicke - C.
Hovland - C.
Kohler - W.
24. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kelly - G.
Mahler - M.
25. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Helmholtz - H.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Bandura - A.
Zajonc. R.
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.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Hall - E.
Premack - D.
Jung - C.
27. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Premack - D.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Schachter - S.
28. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Bandura - A.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
29. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
von Frisch - K.
Tinbergen - N.
Paivio - A.
Darwin - C.
30. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Kernberg - O.
Bem - S.
Swets - John A.
Allport - G.
31. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Freud - S.
Asch - S.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
32. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
Kohler - W.
Luchins - A.
Premack - D.
Helmholtz - H.
33. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Chomsky - N.
Festinger - L.
34. 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.
Zimbardo - P.
Lorenz - K.
Broca - P.
35. Proposed filter theory of attention
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Helmholtz - H.
Broadbent - D.
Chomsky - N.
36. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Miller - G.
Sherrington - C.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
37. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Lerner - M.
Eagly - A.
Bem - D.
38. Object-relations theorist
Adler - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Kernberg - O.
McGuire - W.
39. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Watson - J.
Darwin - C.
Broca - P.
40. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Lerner - M.
Gibson - J.
Freud - A.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
41. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Newcomb - T.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Freud - S.
Winnicott - D.W.
42. Founder of ego psychology
Freud - A.
Spearman - C.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Miller - G.
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
Chomsky - N.
Rogers - C.
Mischel - W.
von Frisch - K.
44. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Lorenz - K.
Sherrington - C.
Skinner - B.F.
Bekesy -G.
45. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Watson - J.
Sherrington - C.
Sherif - M.
46. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Witkin - H.
Broadbent - D.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Rotter - J.
47. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Zajonc. R.
Wolpe - J.
Bekesy -G.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
48. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Asch - S.
Luchins - A.
Freud - A.
49. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Fechner - G.
Wilson - E. O.
Allport - G.
50. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Skinner - B.F.
Kelly - G.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.