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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Proposed gate theory of pain






17. Object-relations theorist






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






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






20. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






25. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






33. 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.






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






35. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






38. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






39. Studied severe anterograde amnesia in H.M. - a patient whose hippocampus and temporal lobes were removed surgically to control epilepsy






40. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






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






46. German neurologist who identified the part of the brain primarily associated with understanding spoken language (_______'S Area)






47. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






48. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






50. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses