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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Studied attitude change






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






4. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






7. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry






8. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






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






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






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






13. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






14. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






16. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






18. Proposed a theory of multiple intelligences that divides intelligence into seven different types - all of which are equally important; traditional IQ tests measure only two of the seven types






19. Object-relations theorist






20. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






21. Studied political norms






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






23. Canadian neurosurgeon who used electrodes and electrical stimulation techniques to 'map' out different parts of the brain during surgery






24. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






26. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






27. 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.






28. Proposed filter theory of attention






29. Studied locus of control






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






31. Object-relations theorist






32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






34. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






35. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory






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






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






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






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






40. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






42. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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