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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






3. Studied insights in problem solving






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






16. Studied attitude change






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






18. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






20. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






21. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






22. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






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






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






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






28. Object-relations theorist






29. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






31. Found that the capacity of short-term memory is seven (plus or minus two) items






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






33. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






34. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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






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






40. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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