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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied observational learning






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






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






4. 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






5. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization






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. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions






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






9. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






10. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells






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






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






13. Developed sociobiology






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






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






16. Behaviorist theorist who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; also known for their work on approach-avoidance conflicts






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






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






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






20. Developed a list of depth cues that help us to perceive depth






21. 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.






22. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






23. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






25. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






26. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






27. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






28. Proposed filter theory of attention






29. 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






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






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






32. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies






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






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






35. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity






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






37. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic






38. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






39. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered






40. Object-relations theorist






41. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






42. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s






43. Studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) that help us to perceive depths






44. Studied insights in problem solving






45. 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.






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






47. Object-relations theorist






48. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






49. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






50. Proposed gate theory of pain