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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Studied conformity by asking subjects to compare the lengths of lines.






4. 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.






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






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. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece






8. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






12. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






14. Studied observational learning






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






16. Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses and impairs the emission of nondominant responses






17. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






22. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






23. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






24. Object-relations theorist






25. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






29. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






31. Studied attitude change






32. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






36. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






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






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






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






42. Studied field-dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test






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






44. Studied locus of control






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






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






47. Suggested that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; concept of androgyny






48. Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender per se - but to differing social roles.






49. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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