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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






3. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






6. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






10. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






11. Studied locus of control






12. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






13. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






14. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






18. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






19. Suggested _______ Principle: that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity






20. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






22. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory






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






24. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






28. Object-relations theorist






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






30. Object-relations theorist






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






40. Developed theory of isomorphism






41. Studied political norms






42. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






43. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






47. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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