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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






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






4. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






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






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






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






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






9. Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees






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






11. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






12. Studied the norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions






13. Studied political norms






14. Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion






15. Trait theorist known for concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality






16. Founder of ego psychology






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






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






19. Investigated the role of schemata in memory; concluded that memory is largely a reconstructive process.






20. Object-relations theorist






21. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






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






25. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






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






28. Object-relations theorist






29. Psychodynamic theorist best known for concept of inferiority complex






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






31. Proposed gate theory of pain






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






33. Developed opponent process theory of color vision






34. Proposed theory of evolution and natural selection as its centerpiece






35. Hypothesized that language determines how reality is perceived






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory






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






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






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






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






47. Object-relations theorist






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






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






50. Discovered and studied instinctual drift