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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Studied attitude change






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






3. Object-relations theorist






4. Studied feature detection in visual cortex and discovered simple - complex and hypercomplex cells






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






6. Object-relations theorist






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Proposed gate theory of pain






15. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






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






26. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






27. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






28. Developed ______-______ Law which states that performance is best at intermediate levels of arounsal






29. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






30. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Object-relations theorist






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






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






41. Studied political norms






42. Critic of trait theories of personality






43. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






44. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






46. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






47. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






48. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






50. Studied observational learning







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