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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






4. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






5. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






6. Developed the levels-of-processing theory of memory as an alternative to the stage theory of memory






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






8. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






11. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






12. Performed experiements which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






17. Object-relations theorist






18. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






19. Studied attitude change






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






21. Object-relations theorist






22. 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






23. Object-relations theorist






24. Proposed filter theory of attention






25. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Critic of trait theories of personality






33. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






36. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






37. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






41. Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem solving in cats






42. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






43. Developed Young-_______ trichromatic theory of color vision; developed place-resonance theory of pitch perception






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






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






46. Studied taste aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli






47. 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






48. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






49. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






50. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning