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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






3. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






5. Founder of ego psychology






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






7. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






8. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






11. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






13. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






17. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






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






24. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






26. Object-relations theorist






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






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






29. Studied observational learning






30. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






31. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






32. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






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






37. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






41. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. Developed sociobiology






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






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






50. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions







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