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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. 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.






2. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






4. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






7. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






13. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






14. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






16. Studied attitude change






17. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






18. 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.






19. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






20. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






25. Studied locus of control






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






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






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






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






30. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






31. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






33. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






34. 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






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






36. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.






37. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






42. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






45. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






46. Object-relations theorist






47. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






49. Studied insights in problem solving






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