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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






6. Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)






7. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






12. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






13. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






15. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






19. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






25. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






26. Studied insights in problem solving






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






28. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






30. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






31. Object-relations theorist






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






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






34. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






37. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






39. 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.






40. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






41. Critic of trait theories of personality






42. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats






43. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. Developed sociobiology