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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






3. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






7. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






12. French anatomist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with producing spoken language (_____'S Area)






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






14. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)






15. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






16. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






19. Studied political norms






20. 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.






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






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






23. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory






24. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






28. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






29. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






33. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






34. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






36. Proposed gate theory of pain






37. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






39. Object-relations theorist






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






41. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






42. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism






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






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






45. Object-relations theorist






46. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






48. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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







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