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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






3. 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.






4. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies






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






6. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






8. Founder of ego psychology






9. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






11. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






13. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






15. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






19. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Developed theory of isomorphism






27. 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.






28. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






29. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny






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






31. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






34. Studied observational learning






35. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






50. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity