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GRE Psychology: Important Names

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1. Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate problems






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. Devised the spreading activation model of semantic memory






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






17. Object-relations theorist






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






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






20. Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development overing the lifespan






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






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






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






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






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






26. Proposed dual-code hypothesis






27. Originator of psychodynamic approach to personality






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






29. Studied need for achievement (nAch)






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






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






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






33. Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation






34. Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning






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






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






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






38. Ethologists who introduced experimental methods into field situations






39. Discovered and studied instinctual drift






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






41. Studied observational learning






42. Refined ROC curves in signal detection theory






43. Studied attitude change






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






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






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






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






48. Object-relations theorist






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






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