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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






2. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






5. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






6. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






7. Studied political norms






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






9. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






11. Proposed filter theory of attention






12. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Founder of ego psychology






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






22. Studied observational learning






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






24. Object-relations theorist






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






26. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






27. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






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






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






32. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






36. Developed balance theory to explain why attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational






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






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






39. Studied locus of control






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






49. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






50. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan