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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains






2. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






3. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






5. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






9. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






12. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings






13. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






14. 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






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






16. Studied observational learning






17. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory






18. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test






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






20. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






21. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats






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






23. 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.






24. Studied locus of control






25. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal






26. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational






27. 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.






28. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory






29. Object-relations theorist






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






31. Object-relations theorist






32. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






35. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






38. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






43. Founder of ego psychology






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






45. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory






46. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






47. Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping: social influence and diffusion of responsibility






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






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






50. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality