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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






9. Studied locus of control






10. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






11. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






15. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






16. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






17. Ethologists who studied unlearned - instinctual bxs in the natural environment






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






19. 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






20. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






24. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






25. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






29. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






32. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






34. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






36. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. Critic of trait theories of personality






43. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






48. Object-relations theorist






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






50. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality







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