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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Studied political norms






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






5. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






10. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






14. Studied attitude change






15. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






18. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






20. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






24. Object-relations theorist






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






26. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






29. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






30. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






38. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






40. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






43. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






46. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






47. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






50. 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.