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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






3. Object-relations theorist






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






5. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual






6. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






9. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






10. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






12. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






13. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






17. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains






18. Developed sociobiology






19. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






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






24. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






27. Proposed filter theory of attention






28. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






29. 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






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






31. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






35. Proposed gate theory of pain






36. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






44. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






46. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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