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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






6. Object-relations theorist






7. Developed sociobiology






8. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






11. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






12. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






13. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






16. Studied locus of control






17. Founder of ego psychology






18. Propsed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes will have more effect thatn an evaluation that remains constant)






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






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






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






22. Object-relations theorist






23. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






28. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






31. Critic of trait theories of personality






32. 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.






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






34. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






35. Suggested that individual differences in intelligence were largely due to differences in amount of a general factor called g






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






37. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






40. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






41. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






45. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






47. Used factor analysis to study primary mental abilities - factors more specific than g but more general than s






48. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






50. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality