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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery






2. Demonstrated that simple learning bx in sea snails (Aplysia) is associated with changes in neurotransmission






3. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning






4. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






5. Proposed the James-Lange two-factor theory of emotions






6. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.






7. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






8. Critic of trait theories of personality






9. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception






10. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality






11. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry






12. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






13. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items






14. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






15. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from






16. Developed theory of isomorphism






17. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual






18. Studied insights in problem solving






19. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy






20. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






21. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)






22. 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






23. Object-relations theorist






24. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions






25. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law






26. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






27. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny






28. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception






29. Studied locus of control






30. 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






31. Studied political norms






32. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






33. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment






34. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)






35. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality. Divided intelligence into fluid and crystallized and looked at how they change throughout the lifespan






36. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.






37. 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.






38. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






39. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers






40. Proposed filter theory of attention






41. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation






42. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






43. Developed sociobiology






44. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.






45. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)






46. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type






47. 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.






48. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






49. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






50. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion