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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Object-relations theorist






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






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






4. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






5. Object-relations theorist






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






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






8. Attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






19. 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






20. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






21. Developed principles of operant conditioning; _______ Box (rats)






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






23. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Studied attitude change






31. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






33. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






34. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






36. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






39. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






40. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






41. 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.






42. Founder of ego psychology






43. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






44. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






45. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings






46. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






48. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






49. Developed theory of isomorphism






50. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan