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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






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






3. Distinguished between the surface structure and deep structure of a sentence; studied transformational rules that could be used to transform one sentence into another






4. Object-relations theorist






5. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






6. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






8. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






9. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






10. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






11. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






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






14. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






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






16. Studied insights in problem solving






17. Studied memory using nonsense syllables and the method of savings






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






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






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






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






22. Empirical studies led to traveling wave theory of pitch perception which - at least partially - supported by Helmholtz'S place-resonance theory






23. Performed experiment on Little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning; school of Bxiorism founder; stimulus-response chains






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






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






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






27. Developed the visual cliff apparatus - which is used to study the development of depth perception






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






29. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






30. Developed cognitive dissonance theory - also developed social comparison theory






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






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






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






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






35. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






37. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






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






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






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






42. Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.






43. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






45. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






46. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






48. 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.






49. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






50. Studied political norms