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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






3. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






6. Object-relations theorist






7. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






9. Studied political norms






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






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






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






13. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






15. Proposed triarchic theory that divides intelligence into three types: componential - experiential - and contextual






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






18. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






19. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






20. 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.






21. Studied attitude change






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






23. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






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






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






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






27. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






30. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






31. Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making can sometimes go awry






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






33. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






34. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






36. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






39. Developed sociobiology






40. Studied observational learning






41. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






42. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






44. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






47. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






48. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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







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