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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.






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






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






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






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






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






9. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






11. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






15. Studied political norms






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






17. 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






18. Studied observational learning






19. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






22. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






23. Object-relations theorist






24. Studied locus of control






25. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






27. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






29. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






30. Studied insights in problem solving






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






32. Object-relations theorist






33. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






35. 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.






36. Object-relations theorist






37. Studied attitude change






38. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






42. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)






43. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






45. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






46. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






48. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






50. 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