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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. 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






3. Psychodynamic theorist who suggested that there were three ways to relate to others: moving toward - moving against - moving away from






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






5. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






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






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






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






10. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






11. Founder of ego psychology






12. Object-relations theorist






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






14. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






16. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






17. English physiologist who first inferred the existence of synapse






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






31. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






37. Studied observational learning






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






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






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






41. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






42. 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.






43. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






44. Studied the capacity of sensory memory using the partial-report method






45. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






48. Studied locus of control






49. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






50. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion







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