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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






4. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






8. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






12. Studied political norms






13. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






14. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






15. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






16. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Object-relations theorist






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






48. Studied attitude change






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






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