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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. 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.






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






3. Devised the semantic feature-comparison model of semantic memory






4. Developed theory of isomorphism






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






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






7. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






11. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






14. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






15. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






16. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






18. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






21. Studied political norms






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






23. Studied observational learning






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






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






26. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






27. 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.






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






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






30. Object-relations theorist






31. Object-relations theorist






32. Critic of trait theories of personality






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






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






35. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






37. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






38. Developed sociobiology






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






40. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






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






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






45. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






46. Founder of ego psychology






47. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






48. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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