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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






8. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






11. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






18. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






19. 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.






20. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






22. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






25. Studied observational learning






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






27. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






30. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






31. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






32. Object-relations theorist






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






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






35. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






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






39. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






42. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






44. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






49. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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