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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






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






3. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






5. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






6. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another






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






8. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






10. Object-relations theorist






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






12. Object-relations theorist






13. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






14. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g






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






16. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






18. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






20. Operant conditioning pioneers worked with pigeons and mice in operant chambers






21. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






22. Proposed filter theory of attention






23. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'






24. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions






25. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method






26. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions






27. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli






28. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






29. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






30. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions






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






32. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving






33. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception






34. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats






35. Studied insights in problem solving






36. Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results






37. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






40. Studied attitude change






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






42. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






43. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.






44. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)






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






46. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






48. Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber'S Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation






49. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)






50. Critic of trait theories of personality