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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality






2. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






4. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






5. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






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






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






11. Studied locus of control






12. Founder of ego psychology






13. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






14. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






15. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






17. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






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






23. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






27. Developed sociobiology






28. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






29. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






32. Studied insights in problem solving






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






39. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






43. Object-relations theorist






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






45. Object-relations theorist






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






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






48. Studied observational learning






49. Object-relations theorist






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