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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Object-relations theorist






4. Object-relations theorist






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






6. Founder of ego psychology






7. Developed sociobiology






8. Developed theory of isomorphism






9. Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over the concept of libido; suggested that the unconscious should be divided into the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious - with archetypes being in the collective unconscious.






10. Critic of trait theories of personality






11. Studied political norms






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






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






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






15. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






16. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






18. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






21. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






24. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






25. Proposed gate theory of pain






26. Studied locus of control






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






33. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






36. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






46. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






48. Russian neurologist who studied how brain damage leads to impairment in sensory - motor - and language functions






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






50. Object-relations theorist