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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal
Erikson - E.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Kelly - G.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
2. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Stevens - S. S.
Spearman - C.
Kelly - G.
Berkeley - G.
3. Studied need for achievement (nAch)
McClelland - D.
James - W. and Lange - C.
Mischel - W.
Watson - J.
4. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Freud - S.
Schachter - S.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
5. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
Witkin - H.
Bartlett - F.
Zimbardo - P.
Milgram - S.
6. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Bekesy -G.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Rogers - C.
Jung - C.
7. 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
Wolpe - J.
Zajonc. R.
Wernicke - C.
Zimbardo - P.
8. Discovered and studied instinctual drift
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Bandura - A.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Cattell - R.
9. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Jung - C.
Kohler - W.
Wilson - E. O.
Festinger - L.
10. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment
Freud - S.
McGuire - W.
Lorenz - K.
Swets - John A.
11. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
Janis - I.
Allport - G.
Premack - D.
von Frisch - K.
12. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.
Bem - D.
Gibson - J.
Heider - F.
Kohler - W.
13. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Allport - G.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
Tinbergen - N.
14. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Sherif - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Cattell - R.
15. Proposed gate theory of pain
Kohler - W.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Sherif - M.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
16. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Zajonc. R.
Loftus - E.
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Hall - E.
17. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Darwin - C.
Watson - J.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
18. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Thurstone - L.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Bekesy -G.
19. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.
Guilford - J.
Asch - S.
Thorndike - E.
Kernberg - O.
20. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Cannon - W.
Spearman - C.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bekesy -G.
21. Proposed dual-code hypothesis
Sperling - G.
McClelland - D.
Paivio - A.
Gibson - J.
22. Object-relations theorist
McGuire - W.
Winnicott - D.W.
Cattell - R.
Bem - S.
23. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Wolpe - J.
Guilford - J.
Winnicott - D.W.
Hering - E.
24. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Erikson - E.
Lewin - K.
Skinner - B.F.
25. Object-relations theorist
Kohler - W.
Kernberg - O.
Kohler - W.
Freud - S.
26. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability
Thurstone - L.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Rescorla - R.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
27. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Broadbent - D.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Breland - K. and Breland - M.
Sternberg - R.
28. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Newcomb - T.
Tinbergen - N.
Hall - E.
Rogers - C.
29. Developed theory of isomorphism
Stevens - S. S.
Kohler - W.
Bekesy -G.
Asch - S.
30. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality
Cannon - W.
Lerner - M.
Garcia - J.
Cattell - R.
31. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory
Zimbardo - P.
Luria - A.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Newcomb - T.
32. 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
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Gardner - H.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
33. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g
Spearman - C.
Eysenck - H.
Gardner - H.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
34. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Cannon - W.
Paivio - A.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Bartlett - F.
35. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Milner - B.
Skinner - B.F.
Helmholtz - H.
Thorndike - E.
36. Studied political norms
Sperling - G.
Newcomb - T.
Luchins - A.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
37. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived
Whorf - B.
Swets - John A.
Horney - K.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
38. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli
Kernberg - O.
Garcia - J.
Kandel - E.
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
39. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies
Hering - E.
Sternberg - R.
Mischel - W.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
40. Proposed concept of belief in a just world
Chomsky - N.
Zajonc. R.
Cattell - R.
Lerner - M.
41. Object-relations theorist
Lorenz - K.
Mahler - M.
Helmholtz - H.
Winnicott - D.W.
42. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Kohler - W.
Freud - A.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Eysenck - H.
43. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from
Bartlett - F.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Horney - K.
Sherif - M.
44. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
Heider - F.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Wolpe - J.
Allport - G.
45. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Miller - G.
Helmholtz - H.
Freud - S.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
46. 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.
von Frisch - K.
Kernberg - O.
McClelland - J. and Rumelhart - D.
47. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Pavlov - I.
Garcia - J.
Newcomb - T.
Ebbinghaus - H.
48. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
von Frisch - K.
Freud - S.
Rescorla - R.
49. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Broca - P.
Stevens - S. S.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
50. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Eagly - A.
Allport - G.
Hering - E.
Melzack - R. and Wall - P.
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