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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Studied locus of control
Sternberg - R.
Rotter - J.
Whorf - B.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
2. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Guilford - J.
Thurstone - L.
Bandura - A.
Sheldon - W.
3. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Thorndike - E.
Hall - E.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Loftus - E.
4. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery
Zimbardo - P.
Hall - E.
Penfield - W.
Hovland - C.
5. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test
Newcomb - T.
Mischel - W.
Witkin - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
6. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Mischel - W.
Gardner - H.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Guilford - J.
7. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Gibson - J.
Watson - J.
Thorndike - E.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
8. 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
Guilford - J.
Zajonc. R.
Freud - A.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
9. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Heider - F.
Tinbergen - N.
Luria - A.
10. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
Darwin - C.
Kohler - W.
Asch - S.
11. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
McClelland - D.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Skinner - B.F.
12. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Eysenck - H.
Chomsky - N.
Wernicke - C.
Freud - S.
13. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Gibson - J.
Bem - S.
Sheldon - W.
Helmholtz - H.
14. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Freud - A.
Cattell - R.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Paivio - A.
15. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Heider - F.
Broca - P.
Premack - D.
Miller - G.
16. Object-relations theorist
Thorndike - E.
Mahler - M.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Hall - E.
17. Proposed filter theory of attention
Guilford - J.
Broadbent - D.
Hering - E.
Milgram - S.
18. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
Kernberg - O.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Penfield - W.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
19. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Zajonc. R.
Horney - K.
Bandura - A.
Spearman - C.
20. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth
Berkeley - G.
Adler - A.
Ebbinghaus - H.
McClelland - D.
21. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Janis - I.
Maslow - A.
Newcomb - T.
22. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece
Skinner - B.F.
Darwin - C.
Berkeley - G.
Skinner - B.F.
23. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Rotter - J.
Cattell - R.
Freud - S.
Thurstone - L.
24. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Allport - G.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Guilford - J.
Ebbinghaus - H.
25. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Broca - P.
Gibson - J.
Fechner - G.
Spearman - C.
26. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Garcia - J.
Zimbardo - P.
von Frisch - K.
Kohler - W.
27. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions
Luria - A.
Schachter - S.
Adler - A.
Rotter - J.
28. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Mischel - W.
Spearman - C.
Bandura - A.
29. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Horney - K.
Luchins - A.
Bartlett - F.
30. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Wernicke - C.
Chomsky - N.
Lerner - M.
31. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Bekesy -G.
Janis - I.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Festinger - L.
32. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions
Freud - S.
Erikson - E.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Zimbardo - P.
33. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory
Hering - E.
Stevens - S. S.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
Lewin - K.
34. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Chomsky - N.
Kohler - W.
35. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Horney - K.
Adler - A.
Sherrington - C.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
36. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Eysenck - H.
Maslow - A.
Zajonc. R.
Rogers - C.
37. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Wilson - E. O.
Luria - A.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Whorf - B.
38. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Winnicott - D.W.
Paivio - A.
Loftus - E.
Kohler - W.
39. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Bekesy -G.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Horney - K.
Loftus - E.
40. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Adler - A.
Mahler - M.
41. 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.
Sherif - M.
Mischel - W.
Jung - C.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
42. Studied political norms
Sherif - M.
Pavlov - I.
Maslow - A.
Newcomb - T.
43. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Premack - D.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Newcomb - T.
44. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)
McGuire - W.
Eysenck - H.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
Gibson - J.
45. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
McGuire - W.
Garcia - J.
Lerner - M.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
46. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Bandura - A.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
47. Object-relations theorist
Rescorla - R.
Milgram - S.
Allport - G.
Winnicott - D.W.
48. Studied attitude change
Sheldon - W.
Hovland - C.
Berkeley - G.
Bem - D.
49. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
Zimbardo - P.
Cattell - R.
Rescorla - R.
Watson - J.
50. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Bandura - A.
Pavlov - I.
Spearman - C.