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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied locus of control






2. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






6. Proposed filter theory of attention






7. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






9. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






11. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






15. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






19. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






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






24. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






25. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






28. Object-relations theorist






29. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






31. Phenomenological theorist who found empathy - congruence - and unconditional positive regards to be important aspects; person-centered






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






33. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational






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






35. 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.






36. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






40. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






42. Object-relations theorist






43. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






46. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






47. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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