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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






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






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






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






6. Investigated functional differences between left and right cerebral hemispheres using 'Split-brain' studies






7. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






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






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






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






12. Developed theory of isomorphism






13. 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.






14. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






15. Studied political norms






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






17. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






18. Studied insights in problem solving






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Developed ______ law as an alternative to Fechner'S Law






26. Proposed filter theory of attention






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






28. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






30. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






34. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






36. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






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






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






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






40. Studied observational learning






41. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






43. Studied attitude change






44. Developed sociobiology






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






46. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






47. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






49. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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