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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






7. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






8. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






9. Object-relations theorist






10. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






12. Studied locus of control






13. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type






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






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






16. Developed sociobiology






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






18. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






22. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory






23. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






27. Proposed filter theory of attention






28. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






32. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






33. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






39. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






40. Proposed gate theory of pain






41. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






42. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






43. Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization






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






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






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






47. Object-relations theorist






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






49. 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.






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