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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






5. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






6. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






7. Object-relations theorist






8. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational






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






10. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.






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






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






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






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






15. Studied insights in problem solving






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






17. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






19. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






22. Studied political norms






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






31. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






36. Founder of ego psychology






37. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






43. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






45. Developed sociobiology






46. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






48. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






50. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations