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GRE Psychology: Important Names
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1. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism
Bandura - A.
Lerner - M.
Eysenck - H.
Mischel - W.
2. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity
Guilford - J.
Milner - B.
Rotter - J.
Thurstone - L.
3. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered
Bem - D.
Rogers - C.
Horney - K.
Thurstone - L.
4. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems
Cannon - W.
Watson - J.
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Wolpe - J.
5. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory
Yerkes - R. and Dodson - J.
Mahler - M.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Wernicke - C.
6. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.
Stevens - S. S.
Whorf - B.
Eagly - A.
Swets - John A.
7. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
Sherif - M.
Milgram - S.
Gardner - H.
Lewin - K.
8. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Helmholtz - H.
Guilford - J.
9. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)
Wever - E. and Bray - C.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Loftus - E.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
10. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality
Tinbergen - N.
Allport - G.
Cannon - W.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
11. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving
Lewin - K.
Jung - C.
Cannon - W.
Luchins - A.
12. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
Penfield - W.
Pavlov - I.
Wolpe - J.
James - W. and Lange - C.
13. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Festinger - L.
Chomsky - N.
Freud - S.
14. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation
Helmholtz - H.
Cannon - W.
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Fechner - G.
15. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Broca - P.
Gardner - H.
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
16. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations
Sperling - G.
Gibson - J.
Tinbergen - N.
Zimbardo - P.
17. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Sherif - M.
Skinner - B.F.
Premack - D.
18. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions
Miller - G.
Wolpe - J.
Loftus - E.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
19. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'
Gibson - J.
Schachter - S.
Kelly - G.
Penfield - W.
20. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)
Eagly - A.
Wernicke - C.
Sperry - R. and Gazzaniga - M.
Klein - M.
21. Studied attitude change
Hovland - C.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Wilson - E. O.
Milgram - S.
22. Studied political norms
Kohler - W.
von Frisch - K.
Newcomb - T.
Petty - R. - Cacioppo - J.
23. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.
Thorndike - E.
Sherif - M.
Kandel - E.
Bartlett - F.
24. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type
Sheldon - W.
Rogers - C.
Guilford - J.
Allport - G.
25. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings
Allport - G.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
Mahler - M.
Ebbinghaus - H.
26. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory
Loftus - E.
Bekesy -G.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Jung - C.
27. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic
Adler - A.
Erikson - E.
Kahneman - D. and Tversky - A.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
28. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan
Festinger - L.
Cattell - R.
Rogers - C.
Lewin - K.
29. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
Bem - S.
Hall - E.
Gibson - E. and Walk - R.
Berkeley - G.
30. Studied locus of control
Sherif - M.
Wolpe - J.
Allport - G.
Rotter - J.
31. Object-relations theorist
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Watson - J.
Mahler - M.
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
32. 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.
Heider - F.
Collins - A. and Loftus - E.
Clark - K. - Clark - M.
Sherif - M.
33. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
Premack - D.
Schachter - S.
Gibson - J.
34. Object-relations theorist
Kohler - W.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Klein - M.
Hall - E.
35. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers
Skinner - B.F.
Kernberg - O.
Bandura - A.
Whorf - B.
36. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Paivio - A.
Kluver - H. and Bucy - P.
Zimbardo - P.
37. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items
Guilford - J.
Miller - G.
Kandel - E.
Rogers - C.
38. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions
Spearman - C.
von Frisch - K.
Witkin - H.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
39. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny
Erikson - E.
Craik - F. and Lockhart - R.
Bem - S.
Schachter - S. and Singer - J.
40. Studied insights in problem solving
Dollard - J. and Miller - N.
Bandura - A.
Kohler - W.
Klein - M.
41. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s
Tinbergen - N.
Thurstone - L.
Stevens - S. S.
Luria - A.
42. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains
Kohler - W.
Kandel - E.
Watson - J.
Schachter - S.
43. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells
Aronson - E. - Linder - D.
Watson - J.
Hubel - D. and Wiesel - T.
Zajonc. R.
44. Founder of ego psychology
Whorf - B.
Thurstone - L.
Sherrington - C.
Freud - A.
45. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy
Olds - J. - and Milner - P.
Milner - B.
Newcomb - T.
Darley - J. - Latane - B.
46. 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.
Milgram - S.
Zajonc. R.
Macoby - E. and Jacklin - C.
Jung - C.
47. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions
Sternberg - R.
Cannon - W.
Schachter - S.
Sheldon - W.
48. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory
Smith - E. -Shoben - E. - and Rips - L.
Bekesy -G.
Festinger - L.
Ebbinghaus - H.
49. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)
Broca - P.
Kandel - E.
McGuire - W.
Erikson - E.
50. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception
Wolpe - J.
Eysenck - H.
Loftus - E.
Helmholtz - H.