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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






4. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






7. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






8. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






12. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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. Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers






18. Studied political norms






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






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






21. Studied attitude change






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Studied insights in problem solving






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






31. Object-relations theorist






32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






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






37. Studied observational learning






38. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






39. Object-relations theorist






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






41. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






44. Object-relations theorist






45. Developed sociobiology






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






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






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






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






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