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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Tinbergen - N.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Schachter - S.
2. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Thurstone - L.
Pavlov - I.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Zimbardo - P.
3. Developed theory of isomorphism
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kohler - W.
Premack - D.
Kelly - G.
4. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)
Darwin - C.
Hall - E.
Skinner - B.F.
Maslow - A.
5. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Whorf - B.
Bem - D.
Eysenck - H.
Asch - S.
6. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Mischel - W.
Erikson - E.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Luria - A.
7. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Kohler - W.
Adler - A.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
8. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Swets - John A.
Maslow - A.
Rogers - C.
9. Proposed gate theory of pain
Asch - S.
Heider - F.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Guilford - J.
10. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Wilson - E. O.
von Frisch - K.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Horney - K.
11. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Sheldon - W.
Allport - G.
Sherif - M.
12. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Bem - D.
Whorf - B.
Rotter - J.
Heider - F.
13. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Adler - A.
Broca - P.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Garcia - J.
14. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Kernberg - O.
Witkin - H.
Darwin - C.
Allport - G.
15. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Hering - E.
Milgram - S.
Witkin - H.
Kelly - G.
16. Studied insights in problem solving
Lerner - M.
Sheldon - W.
Bem - S.
Kohler - W.
17. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Klein - M.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Bartlett - F.
18. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual
Sternberg - R.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Zimbardo - P.
Zajonc. R.
19. Object-relations theorist
Mahler - M.
Schachter - S.
Watson - J.
Witkin - H.
20. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Lorenz - K.
Hovland - C.
Fechner - G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
21. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Festinger - L.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Hovland - C.
Freud - S.
22. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Paivio - A.
Freud - A.
Wernicke - C.
Stevens - S. S.
23. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Festinger - L.
Rescorla - R.
Adler - A.
24. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
Kernberg - O.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Wernicke - C.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
25. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Lewin - K.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Tinbergen - N.
Broca - P.
26. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Gardner - H.
Wilson - E. O.
Witkin - H.
Freud - A.
27. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Gibson - J.
Luria - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
28. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Broadbent - D.
Freud - S.
Zajonc. R.
Watson - J.
29. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Allport - G.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Festinger - L.
30. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Fechner - G.
Maslow - A.
Wolpe - J.
Penfield - W.
31. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Kernberg - O.
Stevens - S. S.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sheldon - W.
32. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Bem - D.
Allport - G.
Chomsky - N.
Cattell - R.
33. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Cattell - R.
Erikson - E.
Luchins - A.
Asch - S.
34. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Witkin - H.
Zimbardo - P.
35. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Milner - B.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Pavlov - I.
Sternberg - R.
36. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Bekesy -G.
Skinner - B.F.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Watson - J.
37. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Asch - S.
Jung - C.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
James - W. and Lange - C.
38. Studied political norms
Bem - S.
Newcomb - T.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Berkeley - G.
39. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Rogers - C.
von Frisch - K.
Bem - S.
Newcomb - T.
40. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Klein - M.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Rescorla - R.
Rotter - J.
41. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Kelly - G.
Sperling - G.
Premack - D.
42. 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.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Helmholtz - H.
Sheldon - W.
Erikson - E.
43. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Wolpe - J.
Thurstone - L.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
44. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Sherif - M.
Chomsky - N.
von Frisch - K.
Paivio - A.
45. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Jung - C.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Sherif - M.
46. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Fechner - G.
Janis - I.
Witkin - H.
Miller - G.
47. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
McGuire - W.
Asch - S.
Darwin - C.
Horney - K.
48. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Sheldon - W.
Lerner - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Cattell - R.
49. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Garcia - J.
Kohler - W.
Wolpe - J.
Thorndike - E.
50. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Bandura - A.
Sherrington - C.
Kelly - G.
Berkeley - G.