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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. Object-relations theorist






6. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. Founder of ego psychology






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






15. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






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






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






21. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






26. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






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






32. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






33. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






34. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method






35. Studied political norms






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






37. Studied insights in problem solving






38. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






39. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






41. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






42. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






44. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






46. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






47. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






49. Studied attitude change






50. 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