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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied insights in problem solving






2. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






8. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






9. Studied locus of control






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






11. Based personality theory on the notion of 'individual as scientist'






12. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






13. Suggested that the brain processes information using parallel distributed processing (PDP)






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






15. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli






16. 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






17. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






20. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






24. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






29. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






30. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






32. Proposed gate theory of pain






33. Developed sociobiology






34. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






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






37. Object-relations theorist






38. Demonstrated existence of pleasure center in the brain using 'Self-stimulation' studies in rats






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






40. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






42. Studied political norms






43. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies






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






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






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






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






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






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






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