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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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






2. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






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






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






7. Developed ________ Law - which expresses the relationship between the intensity of the stimulus and the intensity of the sensation






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






9. Developed sociobiology






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






11. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






14. Critic of trait theories of personality






15. Founder of ego psychology






16. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






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






18. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






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






32. Found support for gender differences in verbal ability






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






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






35. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






37. Studied political norms






38. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






39. Devised divergent thinking test to measure creativity






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






41. 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






42. Studied locus of control






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






44. 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.






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






46. Proposed concept of belief in a just world






47. Proposed filter theory of attention






48. Developed theory of isomorphism






49. Studied attitude change






50. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion







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