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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Studied loss of normal fear and rage reactions in monkeys resulting from damage to temporal lobes; also studied in amygdala'S role in emotions






7. Studied insights in problem solving






8. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






9. Object-relations theorist






10. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






14. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






15. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






16. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






19. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






21. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






22. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






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






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






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






26. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






27. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






30. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






33. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






34. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






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






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






38. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






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






44. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






48. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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