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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed sociobiology
Klein - M.
Wilson - E. O.
Festinger - L.
Wernicke - C.
2. Object-relations theorist
Horney - K.
Wilson - E. O.
Janis - I.
Kernberg - O.
3. 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.
Freud - A.
Lerner - M.
Wolpe - J.
4. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Penfield - W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
von Frisch - K.
Zajonc. R.
5. Developed opponent process theory of color vision
Tinbergen - N.
Hering - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
6. Object-relations theorist
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Mahler - M.
Festinger - L.
Rotter - J.
7. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Freud - S.
Eysenck - H.
Sherrington - C.
von Frisch - K.
8. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory
Whorf - B.
Swets - John A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Freud - A.
9. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission
Kandel - E.
Bandura - A.
Skinner - B.F.
Maslow - A.
10. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Schachter - S.
Helmholtz - H.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
11. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Winnicott - D.W.
Hering - E.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Miller - G.
12. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Pavlov - I.
Bem - D.
Jung - C.
13. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law
Stevens - S. S.
Maslow - A.
Milner - B.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
14. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Milner - B.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Schachter - S.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
15. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Milgram - S.
Erikson - E.
Wernicke - C.
16. Studied insights in problem solving
Mahler - M.
Zajonc. R.
Kohler - W.
McGuire - W.
17. 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.
Stevens - S. S.
Thurstone - L.
Jung - C.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
18. Studied attitude change
Wolpe - J.
Bem - S.
Darwin - C.
Hovland - C.
19. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Helmholtz - H.
Darwin - C.
Wernicke - C.
McGuire - W.
20. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Winnicott - D.W.
Jung - C.
Loftus - E.
Bandura - A.
21. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
22. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Lerner - M.
Asch - S.
Ebbinghaus - H.
23. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Hall - E.
Spearman - C.
Sheldon - W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
24. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Premack - D.
Sperling - G.
Wolpe - J.
25. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Tinbergen - N.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Sheldon - W.
Eysenck - H.
26. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan
Erikson - E.
Sherif - M.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
27. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Helmholtz - H.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Lorenz - K.
Erikson - E.
28. Object-relations theorist
Klein - M.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Hering - E.
Bartlett - F.
29. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Broadbent - D.
Bekesy -G.
Paivio - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
30. Critic of trait theories of personality
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Winnicott - D.W.
Guilford - J.
Mischel - W.
31. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Hering - E.
Wernicke - C.
Cattell - R.
Witkin - H.
32. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Wernicke - C.
Schachter - S.
Garcia - J.
Kandel - E.
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.
Sheldon - W.
Wilson - E. O.
Adler - A.
34. Founder of ego psychology
Zajonc. R.
Bem - D.
Freud - A.
Helmholtz - H.
35. Proposed filter theory of attention
Mischel - W.
Broadbent - D.
Cannon - W.
Thorndike - E.
36. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Heider - F.
Broadbent - D.
37. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Skinner - B.F.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
38. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Hovland - C.
Cattell - R.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Skinner - B.F.
39. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Skinner - B.F.
Kandel - E.
Zimbardo - P.
Wernicke - C.
40. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses
Zajonc. R.
Bartlett - F.
Broadbent - D.
Kernberg - O.
41. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization
Cattell - R.
Berkeley - G.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Maslow - A.
42. Studied observational learning
Bandura - A.
Bem - D.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Maslow - A.
43. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Whorf - B.
Rogers - C.
Hering - E.
Spearman - C.
44. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
McClelland - D.
Sheldon - W.
Rescorla - R.
Ebbinghaus - H.
45. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Lewin - K.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Jung - C.
Bartlett - F.
46. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Adler - A.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Gardner - H.
47. 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
Skinner - B.F.
Thurstone - L.
Gardner - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
48. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Newcomb - T.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Festinger - L.
Adler - A.
49. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Hovland - C.
Klein - M.
James - W. and Lange - C.
50. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Rogers - C.
Ebbinghaus - H.
Wolpe - J.
Skinner - B.F.