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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






5. Studied locus of control






6. Investigated the use of heuristics in decision making ; studied the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic






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






8. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.






9. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






12. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






13. 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.






14. Object-relations theorist






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






16. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






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






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






22. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g






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






24. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






27. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






28. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






30. Object-relations theorist






31. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats






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






33. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






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






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






45. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






47. Proposed gate theory of pain






48. Founder of ego psychology






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






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