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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






2. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






13. Studied observational learning






14. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






16. Object-relations theorist






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






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






19. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






21. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.






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






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






24. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






26. 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.






27. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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






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






33. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






36. Developed sociobiology






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






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






39. Physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system - including 'fight or flight' reactions; investigated homeostasis; and with Bard - proposed _______-Bard theory of emotions






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






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






42. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






43. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






44. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






47. Studied attitude change






48. Studied locus of control






49. Developed theory of isomorphism






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







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