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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






5. Studied locus of control






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






7. Studied attitude change






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions






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






15. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






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






21. Used the water-jar problem to study the effect of mental sets on problem solving






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






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






24. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






28. Object-relations theorist






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






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






31. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






33. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






35. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






40. Object-relations theorist






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






46. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






47. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






48. Proposed filter theory of attention






49. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






50. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law







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