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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Object-relations theorist






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






3. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions






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






5. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






8. Studied political norms






9. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






11. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






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






16. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






17. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






18. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






21. Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism






22. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






34. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






40. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






42. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






43. Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment using punching bag ('Bobo' doll)






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






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






46. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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