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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal






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






4. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






6. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






15. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. Critic of trait theories of personality






24. 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






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






26. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






30. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






33. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test






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






35. Studied political norms






36. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






38. Developed sociobiology






39. Object-relations theorist






40. 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.






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






42. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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