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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






5. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






6. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






7. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






8. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






9. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






12. Studied locus of control






13. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






16. Proposed volley theory of pitch perception in response to a criticism of the freqency theory of pitch perception






17. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






18. Studied attitude change






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






20. Studied political norms






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






22. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






23. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






28. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






29. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






30. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






34. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






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






37. 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






38. Developed sociobiology






39. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






40. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






45. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






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






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