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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






4. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






5. Critic of trait theories of personality






6. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception






7. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






8. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






12. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses






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






14. Studied political norms






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






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






17. Founder of ego psychology






18. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






19. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






21. Proposed filter theory of attention






22. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






23. Studied observational learning






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






25. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning






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






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






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






29. Studied eyewitness memory and concluded that our memories can be altered by presenting new information or by asking misleading questions






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






31. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






32. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






33. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






35. Object-relations theorist






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






37. 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.






38. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






39. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)






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






41. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






45. Studied attitude change






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






47. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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