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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






6. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






7. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






8. Developed sociobiology






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






10. 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.






11. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






13. Studied observational learning






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






15. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






18. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece






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






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






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






22. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






24. Studied attitude change






25. Object-relations theorist






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






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






28. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






32. Object-relations theorist






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






40. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






41. 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






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






43. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






49. Proposed gate theory of pain






50. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex







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