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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






11. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






12. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






13. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






14. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






15. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






16. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






17. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






19. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






23. Proposed filter theory of attention






24. Object-relations theorist






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






26. Proposed the Schachter-Singer two-factory theory of emotions






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






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






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






30. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






31. Developed sociobiology






32. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






34. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






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






39. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






42. Studied locus of control






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






44. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






46. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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