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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






6. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






8. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






10. Studied attitude change






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






12. Founder of ego psychology






13. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






14. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory






15. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






17. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






18. Studied political norms






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






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






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






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






23. Critic of trait theories of personality






24. Object-relations theorist






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






33. Studied observational learning






34. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






37. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






40. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






45. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






47. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






49. Developed sociobiology






50. Object-relations theorist